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King Tut CT Scan Reveals Leg Wound

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MALVERN, Pa., March 11 -- Using images generated by a mobile computed tomography (CT) system from Siemens Medical Solutions, experts in Egypt have examined the cause of King Tutankhamen's death some 3000 years ago. The CT scan of the Pharaoh's mummy did not find evidence the Pharaoh was murdered. The mummy of Tutankhamen was discovered in Egypt's Valley of Kings in 1922. An initial x-ray analysis in 1968 revealed a bone splinter embedded in the Pharaoh's skull. This fact, coupled with the body's obviously hasty mummification and burial, led to speculation that Tutankhamen had died from head...Read full article

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    Published: March 2005
    Biophotonicscomputed tomographyCTKing TutNews & FeaturesSiemens Medical Solutions

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