Mummy-fried! Tutankhamun's body spontaneously combusted INSIDE his coffin

The Daily Mail ^ | 11-3-13 | Claudia Joseeph & Sam Webb

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The mummified body of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun burst into flames inside his sarcophagus after a botched attempt to embalm him, according to scientists in a new documentary.

After his death in 1323 BC, Tutankhamun was rapidly embalmed and buried, but fire investigators believe a chemical reaction caused by embalming oils used on his mummy sparked the blaze.

A fragment of flesh from the boy pharaoh, whose tomb was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter and the Earl of Carnarvon, was tested by researchers who confirmed his body was burnt while sealed in his coffin.

Tut has long fired the public imagination. He became pharaoh at the age of 10 in 1333 BC and ruled for just nine years until his death.

He was the last of the royal line from the eighteenth dynasty of the New Kingdom, one of the most powerful royal houses of ancient Egypt.

The discovery of his nearly intact tomb, complete with a gold coffin and gold funeral mask, was a worldwide sensation and sparked public interest in ancient Egypt.

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Full title: Mummy-fried! Tutankhamun's body spontaneously combusted INSIDE his coffin following botched embalming job after he died in speeding chariot accident

[Olog-hai]

The combustion couldn’t have been spontaneous, then, in the presence of flammable material and oxygen.

[Veggie Todd]

Now, when I die,

Now don't think I'm a nut,

Don't want no fancy funeral,

Just one like ole king Tut.

[null and void]

That’s what they call it when a pile of oily rags bursts into flames.

[Squawk 8888]

It’s considered spontaneous if it starts burning without the aid of a spark or flame.

[Squawk 8888]

Ping.

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[Olog-hai]

That’s a layman’s term; it isn’t truly spontaneous. All the factors are there to ignite oily rags, including heat, when they are stored in a clump that can accumulate heat especially (i.e. versus dissipate heat).

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

People used to use fragments of mummies to start fires. Resin soaked.

[GeronL]

No wonder he couldn’t come back to life

lol

[Charles Martel]

He could've won a Grammy,

Burnin' in his Jammies.

[windsorknot]

Buried with a donkey (funky Tut)
He’s my favorite honkey

[Delta 21]

"Tut has long fired the public imagination."

Trying just abit too hard.

[Rodamala]

Gotta condo made-a stone-a.

[MinuteGal]

Asps to asps and dust to Tu(s)t......

Leni

[afraidfortherepublic]

ping

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks afraidfortherepublic.

Tut has long fired the public imagination.

[shove_it]

Now followers of Islam blow-up on purpose.

[Jack Hydrazine]

His SHC was caused by being a little hot under the collar!

[South Dakota]

I have the National Geographic issue of the entry into Tuts tomb