Study revisits mystery of Egyptian King Ramesses III's killing

CNN ^ | 12-18-2012 | CNN Staff

[Renfield]

Forget old conspiracy theories about snake bites and fatal poisons. Egyptian King Ramesses III died after a brutal throat slashing, a new study says.

The study provides the latest twist in a mystery that has long perplexed researchers.

Did a venomous viper take him out? Poison? An assassination plot in a reign tainted by war?

And if it were the latter, who did it?

Researches say he died at the hands of a killer in a plot planned by one of his wives and a son who wanted to succeed him....

[Renfield]

Ping

[SunkenCiv]

Sure, he died in the Egyptian Spring. Thanks Renfield.

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Thanks Renfield. Just adding to the catalog, not sending a general distribution. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.

[SunkenCiv]

see section XII of:

Theses for the Reconstruction of Ancient History
from the End of the Middle Kingdom in Egypt
to the Advent of Alexander the Great
by Immanuel Velikovsky
1945
http://www.varchive.org/ce/theses.htm