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Boy king Tutankhamun may have died in riding accident

The world's most celebrated boy king, Tutankhamun, may have died after badly breaking a leg while playing sport.

A detailed scan of the mummy, which was uncovered in the Valley of Kings in 1922, has revealed the high-impact fracture as the most likely cause of death.

Speculation over the death of Tutankhamun has raged since the mummy was first inspected in 1925, three years after his tomb was excavated by Howard Carter and his patron Lord Carnarvon. The first x-ray scans conducted in 1968 found signs of damage to the skull, prompting suggestions that he had been killed by a blow to the head.
Read entire article at Guardian