![]() ![]() There is no doubt that theĪncient Egyptians who defaced the coffin in the tomb-ripping out theĬartouches and breaking the face-thought the remains were Akhenaten's. Kings Tomb 55 are particularly effective. The sequences about the identity of the skeleton found in Valley of the Woodward examines a mummy in the Cairo Museum. These characteristics are accentuated in portrayals of his son, Akhenaten. That the skull of Amenhotep III, father of Akhenaten, was both very largeįor the pharaoh's body size and that his chin is rather pointy. Harris of the University of Michigan, however, notes For him, the depictionsĪre an artistic way of portraying Akhenaten's power and separation from his Royal Tombs Project, makes the point that viewed from below the exagerratedįeatures are less bizarre, though very striking. In the video, Egyptologist Joann FletcherĬautions against a genetic explanation and Nicholas Reeves, of the Amarna Some optįor a biological explanation, a congenital disease known as Marfan's Why depictions of Akhenaten are so bizarre has long been debated. Were buried, and at el-Amarna, Akhenaten's capital city.) With a few location shots in the Valley of the Kings, where the pharaohs Research, usually shot in the Cairo Museum or at Brigham Young University, Serve as somewhat campy interludes between segments featuring current (Re-creations of Howard Carter at work, Tutankhamun eating grapes, etc., That's going on, the video takes up the other line of evidence. Shots filmed at BYU-can take months or more the video informs us. The extraction and amplification of the DNA-the processes are shown in lab This examination was is not clear from the video) and samples are taken for The mummies have deteriorated over the years since Carter foundĪnd photographed them but no bone pathologies are evident (how thorough Medical School, where they are under the care of anatomy professor Fawzi Eventually they locate the mummies at the Cairo In the Cairo Museum, though in the conservation lab Woodward and Griggsįind their mini-coffins. There is, astonishingly, no record of the fetuses The video devotes some time to this search, which is equal partsĬomical and depressing. The fetuses-both female, one about five months, the other seven months-had been placed in miniatureĬoffins. Researchers track down two mummified fetuses that Carter found in a box in WithoutĪccess to Tut, who is in his coffin back in the Valley of the Kings, the ![]() Made and a recent agreement to do so was abruptly terminated. Testing of Tut's DNA, however, was not permitted when this show was being Shifted from old display cases to new ones, Woodward judiciously snips offĪ tissue sample here or there for analysis. Wilfred Griggs are examining the royal mummies. Carter's discovery of the finding of Tut's tomb is re-enactedĪnd the video then takes us to the Cairo Museum where Nasry Iskander andīrigham Young University microbiologist Scott R. Turns to its real subject, the 18th Dynasty, particularly Akhenaten and Tut's Family Curse uses a number of lines of evidence-archaeology,īioanthropology, and DNA analysis-to examine this and other questions.Īfter an obligatory opening shot of the Giza Pyramids, Tut's Family Curse Spindly limbs-and the demise of Egypt's 18th Dynasty (1550-1307 B.C.)? Was he the victim of a genetic curse? (Courtesy PBS)Īre inbreeding and disease the explanations for the bizarre depictions ofĪkhenaten-showing him with an elongated head, broad hips, pot-belly, and Gold mask of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Tut. Secrets of the Pharaohs: Tut's Family Curse ![]()
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