Dna Finding of King Tut
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DNA was very important to discovering tut because, it not only identified him but it gave us a look at his life and how he died. At first it was believed that he was murdered, but through ct scans scientists found multiple things wrong with him. At only 19 King Tut died. The ct scans showed that he had a foot disease, which couldve been a factor to his death. Also another clue was found that, he had over 130 walking sticks in his tomb! Which lead scientists to the thought that the sticks were a sigh of power or he needed them to walk. Also in paintings, when he was doing pharaoh activities he was sitting in a chair, and never standing up. When scientists were looking at the actual mummy they discovered a hole in the back of his head. This could mean he had done something to it or something happened in the mummification process
DNA is important because it identified Tuts family, which helped scientists find Tut. Younger lady is believed to be king Tuts mother. At first she married a man named Nefertiti, but something happened to them, either he died or they broke up. So then she married Akhenaton, Tuts father. Scientists are still not 100 percent sure that these are his true parents. Tuts father was found in the valley of the kings, in the valley of the kings there were many artifacts leading from pharaohs to queens which eventually traced back to king Tuts father.
Tuts grandparents were also important to discovering tut because there were many artifacts that gave scientists clues about where tut was. Tuts grandfather Amenhotep the third, ruled as a pharaoh. He was buried with many riches and artifacts. This helped discover Tut. His grandmother was also in royalty, the main reason scientists found her because, her left arm was bent across her chest which is a sigh of royalty. Scientists also found that on statues she was doing the same pose, which matched her mummification pose. Also the statues had engraving on it which said, who she was translated to English. Similar skills were used to discover the famous pharaoh Hatshepsut.
A tooth was found in Hatshepsuts tomb which was important because it helped scientists identify Hatshepsut out of the two mummies. In Hatshepsuts tomb two mummies were found, one believed to be the long lost queen of Egypt. Hatshepsut died of multiple things wrong with her, bone cancer, diabetes, and she was overweight. At first she was one of the hardest mummies to find. But luckily in the place where she was buried there was a box of all her internal organs. Also in that box was a tooth. So the facts were there was a box that was believed to be Hatshepsut internal organs, and in that box they found a tooth. So they did x-rays on the two mummies and it turns about the larger one is Hatshepsut.
There are multiple things other than the tooth that helped Identify Hatshepsut, it was her family. Her