King Tut suffered 'massive' chest injury, new research reveals

Heritage Key ^ | Friday, November 5, 2010 | Owen Jarus

[SunkenCiv]

One possibility that Dr. Harer ruled out is that of a chariot accident. "If he fell from a speeding chariot going at top speed you would have what we call a tumbling injury -- he'd go head over heels. He would break his neck. His back. His arms, legs. It wouldn't gouge a chunk out of his chest."

Instead, at his Toronto lecture, Harer brought up another, more exotic possibility -- that Tut was killed by a hippo.

It's not as far out an idea as it sounds, hippos are aggressive, quick and territorial animals, and there is an artefact in Tut's tomb which appears to show him hunting one of them...

"Hippos kill more people than any other animal, they are the most lethal animal in Africa (if not) the world," said Harer. "The victim suffers massive tearing injury and can actually be cut in half." Medical reports indicate that "even though they are running away from the hippo they typically suffer a frontal wound."

In Tut's case, if the hippo charged, his entourage may not have been able to get to him in time. "If he did have a club foot (as a recent medical report suggests) it would make him the slowest person getting out of the way -- the easiest person for the hippo to get."

[blam]

"I’m sure those findings are going over *real* well."

Zahi Hawass won't allow the DNA research ( haplogroups) to be published.

I was really suprised to read in National Geographic that King Tut's mother or grandmother (can't remember which) has red hair. (Don't know how that slipped out)

[Cacique]

The most dangerous animal to human civilization is a Liberal with his hand on your wallet..

[Forward the Light Brigade]

He was murdered! A Hippo may have been a weapon of choice.

[MCH]

a hippo bit my sister once...

Was the Hippo named "Charlie?" - as in "Charlie bit me!"

[Salamander]

No argument, here.....:-P

[Salamander]

Why, if he weren’t nailed to the perch.....

[that’s going too far, isn’t it?....I can never tell]

;D

[50mm]

Stones...glass houses...nuff said.

[Salamander]

“Zahi Hawass won’t allow the DNA research ( haplogroups) to be published.”

I’m shocked...SHOCKED, I tell ya!

Red hair?

Wouldn’t that automatically make her a Neanderthal?

:-P

[Salamander]

Really big slingshot?

[Salamander]

Pfffft...you missed the most obvious retort:

Takes one to know one.

[RichInOC]

Why do hippos have flat feet?
From stamping out limping pharaohs.

[Semper Mark]

"He may not respond."

He may, if we use his current screen name.

Paging Mr. peepaw.

Mr. peepaw, please pick up the white courtesy phone.

[kanawa]

LOL

[blam]

"Wouldn’t that automatically make her a Neanderthal?"

At least a Republican....

[trisham]

Can one go too far in this situation? :)

[trisham]

Wow. There actually *is* a “peepaw”:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2622544/posts?page=143#143

[Semper Mark]

Yep. peepaw made a 1 post appearence just after Chet was ZOTted.

We thought it was mighty suspicious.

[Salamander]

The distance depends entirely upon which kind of swallow we’re talking about and whether it’s laden or unladen.

[what a loverly bunch of coconuts!]

[SunkenCiv]

Tut’s mummification got rushed; his (self-anointed?) successor performed the rites personally, according to the surviving art in Ai’s own tomb, which was later looted and busted up.

[SunkenCiv]

If hippos are outlawed, only outlaws wil- wait, what?