Posted AT 7:45 AM EDT on 08/03/05
Mystery solved: King Tut not murdered
Cairo —
The results of a CT scan done on King Tut's mummy indicate that the boy king was not murdered but may have suffered a badly broken leg shortly before his death at age 19 – a wound that could have become infected, Egypt's top archeologist said Tuesday.
Zahi Hawass announced the results of the CT scan about two months after it was performed on King Tut's mummy.
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