A new genetic study of 11 Egyptian mummies suggested that King Tutankhamun was frail-his left foot was clubbed and his right one was useless-and may have died from malaria. A team of reserchers from Egypt, Germany and Italy also developed a definitive family tree for King Tut which only shows that his family was largely the product of inbreeding. The reason, why the team connects his death to malaria is becouse they suspect that King Tut sustained a fall- which explains the head trauma and broken leg discovered in a 1968 X-ray-and can lead to a serious malarial infection. Tut and four other mummies tested positive for malaria tropica, the most severe form of the illness. I think that the power of DNA testing is just amaizing. From tiny little DNA we can find useful information about what 
happened a few thousands years ago!
happened a few thousands years ago!Link:http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/dna-detective-work-sheds-light-on-king-tuts-life-lineage-death
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