Twins found in Tutankhamun's tomb
Professor Robert Connolly, who is working with the Egyptian authorities to analyse the young king's remains and those of the two stillborn children, is due to present his findings at the Pharmacy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt Conference at the University of Manchester today.
He will say that despite their different sizes, the two foetuses would have made more sense as a single pregnancy for Tutankhamun's wife Ankhesenamun.
The smaller foetus is five months in gestational age and less than 30 centimetres (11.8 inches) in height while the other is estimated to be between seven and nine months in gestational age and measures 38.5 centimetres (15.16 inches).
They have never been publicly displayed but will undergo CT scans and DNA testing whose results, due in December, could establish why they died and their relation to the pharaoh.
Mr Connolly, Professor in Physical Anthropology from the University of Liverpool's Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology, said: "I studied one of the mummies, the larger one, back in 1979, determined the blood group data from this baby mummy and compared it with my 1969 blood grouping of Tutankhamun. The results confirmed that this larger foetus could indeed be the daughter of Tutankhamun.
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He will say that despite their different sizes, the two foetuses would have made more sense as a single pregnancy for Tutankhamun's wife Ankhesenamun.
The smaller foetus is five months in gestational age and less than 30 centimetres (11.8 inches) in height while the other is estimated to be between seven and nine months in gestational age and measures 38.5 centimetres (15.16 inches).
They have never been publicly displayed but will undergo CT scans and DNA testing whose results, due in December, could establish why they died and their relation to the pharaoh.
Mr Connolly, Professor in Physical Anthropology from the University of Liverpool's Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology, said: "I studied one of the mummies, the larger one, back in 1979, determined the blood group data from this baby mummy and compared it with my 1969 blood grouping of Tutankhamun. The results confirmed that this larger foetus could indeed be the daughter of Tutankhamun.