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CT Scans Show What King Tut Looked Like
Yahoo News ^ | 5/10/05 | MAAMOUN YOUSSEF/AP

Posted on 05/10/2005 1:20:56 PM PDT by wagglebee

The first ever facial reconstructions based on CT scans of King Tutankhamun's mummy have produced images strikingly similar to the boy pharaoh's ancient portraits, Egypt's top archaeologist said Tuesday.

One of the models shows a baby-faced young man with chubby cheeks and a round chin — with a resemblance to the famous gold mask of King Tut found in his tomb in 1922 by British excavation Howard Carter.

Three teams of forensic artists and scientists — from France, the United States and Egypt — built models of the boy pharaoh's face based on some 1,700 high-resolution photos from CT scans of his mummy to reveal what he looked like the day he died nearly 3,300 years ago.

"The shape of the face and skull are remarkably similar to a famous image of Tutankhamun as a child where he was shown as the sun god at dawn rising from a lotus blossom," said Zahi Hawass, Secretary-General of the Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.

The CT scans — the first ever carried out an Egyptian mummy — have suggested King Tut was a healthy, yet slightly built 19-year-old, standing 5 feet, 6 inches tall, at the time of his death.

The three teams worked separately in creating their reconstruction models — the Americans and French working from a plastic skull, the Egyptians working directly from the CT scans, which could distinguish different densities of soft tissue and bone.

The French and Egyptians knew they were recreating King Tut, but the Americans were not even told where the skull was from and correctly identified it as a Caucasoid North African, the council said in a statement.

"The results of the three teams were identical or very similar in the basic shape of the face, the size, shape and setting of the eyes, and the proportion of the skull," Hawass said.

"The primary differences were in the shape of the end of the nose and ears," he said. The French and American versions had similar noses and chins, though the Egyptian's had a somewhat different nose and a stronger jaw and chin, the council said.

The scans were carried out on Jan. 5 in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, where Tut's leathery mummy was briefly removed from its tomb and placed into a portable CT scanner.

The tests provided an unprecedented look at Egypt's most famous mummy — but they did not resolve the mystery of the death of King Tut, who came to power at the age of nine.

They were able to dismiss a long held theory that Tut, who died in mid-January, 1343 B.C., was murdered by a blow to his skull or killed in an accident that crushed his chest. It raised one new possibility for the cause of his death: Some experts on the scanning team said it appeared Tut broke his left thigh severely — puncturing his skin — just days before his death, and the break could have caused an infection.

Hawass is leading a five-year project to scan all of Egypt's known mummies — including royal mummies now exhibited at the Cairo Museum. Eventually, each mummy will be displayed alongside CT images and a facial reconstruction.

"For the first time, we will make these dead mummies come alive," Hawass said.


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To: blam

Looks more like Queen Tut to me.


41 posted on 05/11/2005 11:37:33 AM PDT by dfwgator (Minutemen: Just doing the jobs that American politicians won't do.)
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To: Millee
That's just ignorant...

;o)
42 posted on 05/11/2005 11:40:08 AM PDT by LIConFem (Mein Luftkissenboot ist mit Aalen voll.)
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To: blam
Greek/Macedonian, or Mensch/Fabulosian?


43 posted on 05/11/2005 11:59:41 AM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast (You're it)
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To: MoochPooch
According to the Bible, the Egyptians were descended from Ham, as the blacks

Proof please.

44 posted on 05/11/2005 12:02:25 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: AppyPappy

Genesis 10:6: "And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan."


"Mizraim" is Hebrew for "Egypt."


45 posted on 05/11/2005 2:14:49 PM PDT by MoochPooch (A righteous person worries about his or her behavior, an extremist about everyone else's.)
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To: wagglebee

"Hawass said." Hawass, the blowhard, has a real big ego


46 posted on 05/11/2005 5:43:39 PM PDT by -=Wing_0_Walker=- (Don't spit in my eye and charge me for eyewash!)
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To: Main Street
King Tut from CT scan reconstruction....


I think he looks alot like...

Shinzon (from Star Trek Nemesis)
47 posted on 05/12/2005 1:28:13 PM PDT by Darkshadow (There was a thing called Heaven; but all the same they used to drink enormous quantities of alcohol.)
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corrected image, taking Tut's DNA into account.

The REAL face of King Tut: Pharaoh had girlish hips, a club foot and buck teeth according to virtual autopsy that also revealed his parents were brother and sister | http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2799418/king-tut-girlish-hips-club-foot-buck-teeth-according-virtual-autopsy.html

48 posted on 04/23/2018 8:19:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: camle

Born in Arizona
Moved to Babylonia
King Tut.

(He gave his life for tourism)


49 posted on 04/23/2018 8:22:40 AM PDT by Califreak (Take Me Back To Constantinople)
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To: Califreak

He’s my favorite honky.


50 posted on 04/23/2018 8:23:50 AM PDT by dfwgator
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