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[ManaByte]

Egyptian scientists have finally lifted the veil of mystery surrounding famed pharaoh Tutankhamun's death, saying he died of a swift attack of gangrene after breaking his leg.

"After consultations with Italian and Swiss experts, Egyptian scientists ... have found that a fracture in the boy king's left leg a day before his death was infected with gangrene and led to his passing," Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities said Tuesday.

"The fracture was not sustained during the mummification process or as a result of some damage to the mummy as claimed by (British archeologist Howard) Carter," who discovered the sarcophagus of the legendary pharaoh in 1922, it said.

"The Egyptian scientists found no evidence that he had been struck in the head ... and no other indication he was killed, as has been said before."

The team, aided by French and US scientists, also revealed Tutankhamun's features.

"A silicone mold bearing the features of the boy king and whose examination also confirms the size and shape of his skull," was obtained, the statement said, quoting Egypt's chief archeologist Zahi Hawas.

The mold was produced by placing silicone on a plastic replica of Tutankhamun's skull which was constructed from a previously available computerized X-ray of the 3,300-year-old mummy.

The experts differed on the shape of his nose and ears, whose details were obtained by superimposing clay on the plastic replica.

The scientists confirmed previous findings released in March that the king died aged 19, was in good health and did not suffer from any illnesses as a child.

Tutankhamun is thought to have been the 12th ruler of the 18th dynasty.

 

[AlphaSnake]

Ok...it's insanely creepy and cool looking at a render of someone who existed thousands of years ago. O_O

 

[yoshifumi]

what a cubic head

 

[MIMIC]

+

 

[demon]

Ok...it's insanely creepy and cool looking at a render of someone who existed hundreds of thousands of years ago. O_O

Don't you mean millions?

 

[Jason]

I think he meant billions.

 

[Joates]

^^ :lol :lol

 

[Hitokage]

There's no possible way we could ever know anything about him. After all, none of us were alive when he was! This is all completely unscientific.

</kneejerk spite and sarcasm>

 

[AlphaSnake]

?! Civilization and records of it are only 30k years old. Think about what would happen to a million year old mummy for a sec...just think. Think hard.

Edit: Oh god, nm. What a typo...

 

[ManaByte]

?! Civilization and records of it are only 30k years old. Think about what would happen to a million year old mummy for a sec...just think. Think hard.

Edit: Oh god, nm. What a typo...

 

[AlphaSnake]

Exactly. But Tut still had flesh on him. Hehe, either way, I didn't realize I typoed.

 

[Joates]

Alpha you were the one to say it was hundreds of thousands of years ago... so your assumption is about as good as his. It states in the article its roughly 3,300 years old. You act as though you forgot you made your first post.

 

[Boomer]

I didn't know Egypt was ruled by pharoahs millions of years ago

 

[AlphaSnake]

Alpha you were the one to say it was hundreds of thousands of years ago... so your assumption is about as good as his. It states in the article its roughly 3,300 years old. You act as though you forgot you made your first post.

It was a typo, I already edited it a while ago.

 

[Boomer]

how do you typo a whole sentence

 

[demon]

I think up till now, Alphasnake thought the egyptian society was hundreds of thousands of years old. Let's all laugh at him.

 

[Boomer]

I think up till now, Alphasnake thought the egyptian society was hundreds of thousands of years old. Let's all laugh at him.

:lol :lol :lol

 

[AlphaSnake]

how do you typo a whole sentence

I originally wrote hundreds of years, thought I deleted that and changed it to thousands. I just finished 2 courses of Western Civilization. I know this stuff! STOP LAUGHING AT ME! ;_;

 

[Cerebral Palsy]

Science is evil

 

[demon]

I originally wrote hundreds of years, thought I deleted that and changed it to thousands. I just finished 2 courses of Western Civilization. I know this stuff! STOP LAUGHING AT ME! ;_;

Who taught your course? PROFESSOR STUPID? AHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!

 

[AlphaSnake]

Who taught your course? PROFESSOR STUPID? AHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!

Actually, it's professor Cuordileone and Catapano. Both highly intellectual beings, if I do say so myself. [/Debbie Downer]

WOMP WOMP WOOOMMPP

 

[Zep]

I know he got all the bitches...

 

[Socreges]

how do you typo a whole sentence

:lol

 

[Escape Goat]

I am going to put this on hot or not as my own pic and see what it gets.

 

[demon]

I know he got all the bitches...

Looks like he was one of the bitches.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

alphasnake i think you mean to say THOUSANDS not HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS.

 

[AlphaSnake]

alphasnake i think you mean to say THOUSANDS not HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS.

You don't say...It's been edited for over 2 hours. Leave me alone! :'(

 

[Red Scarlet]

I am going to put this on hot or not as my own pic and see what it gets.

:lol

Pretty cool, except wasn't he kind of a nobody when it came to Pharaohs?

 

[demon]

:lol

Pretty cool, except wasn't he kind of a nobody when it came to Pharaohs?

No shit. Isn't he famous only because of the discovery of his tomb?

 

[Particle Physicist]

No shit. Isn't he famous only because of the discovery of his tomb?

and the curse.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

You don't say...It's been edited for over 2 hours. Leave me alone! :'(

apparently King Tut rode on dinosaurs.

 

[bjork]

Apparently the King Tut exhibit is coming to Los Angeles soon. I would like to go check it out and see it in person.

 

[AlphaSnake]

apparently King Tut rode on dinosaurs.

Apparently I'm gonna kick your ass, bitch! I'll be in California all next week. Bring it, ho!

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Apparently I'm gonna kick your ass, bitch! I'll be in California all next week. Bring it, ho!

you don't want none of this. I'll break you off like leprosy.

 

[Matlock]

"Build me a pyramid!"
"But, Tut! It won't be finished for another million years! Literally!"

 

[bjork]

you don't want none of this. I'll break you off like leprosy.

:lol

Someone get this man a record deal, seriously. Better flow than KiNeSiS, imo.

 

[Rorschach]

:lol This thread took quite a turn...

 

[Red Scarlet]

Everyone knows his most important role in history clearly was:

 

[miyuru]

I originally wrote hundreds of years, thought I deleted that and changed it to thousands. I just finished 2 courses of Western Civilization. I know this stuff! STOP LAUGHING AT ME! ;_;

If Egypt is "west", what does that make America? Err I'm confused.

 

[Red Scarlet]

Most college Western Civ books have a chapter about Egypt, then never really mention it again.

 

[AlphaSnake]

Most college Western Civ books have a chapter about Egypt, then never really mention it again.

We actually went in-depth.

Miyuru: It refers to a world before the US's discovery, really. Western Europe, primarily. Largest focus is on various Roman and Greek empires.

 

[android]

I thought this was his face?

 

[callous]

Could his head be any more flat?

 

[Rlan]

 

[keeblerdrow]

Why is it that scientists, when they make renders of dead people, always have them eerily staring directly at the camera?

 

[Guzim]

So is this thread still about King Tut or about Alpha?

 

[pestul]

If Tut were alive today, he'd be relegated to staring in the broadway musical Cats.

 

[Fatalah]

The top of his head is really flat. Reminds me of that Jamaican guy's head from "cool runnings". I forgot King Tut was a boy, because he looks like Cleopatra *awwww sheeeeeet!* :lol

 

[DarienA]

Holy shit I've blown this wide open!

Mike wants to look like an Egyptian Pharoah!

 

[Spectral Glider]

This thread is hilarious. King Tut, Lord of the Dinos. Oh, that funky Tut.