King Tut Research Paper

History of King Tut I've always held an interest in the history of Egypt and the ever popular pharaohs. Therefore, I took this opportunity to watch a documentary based on King Tutankhamen's lively hood, and what exactly did the artifacts found in his tomb say about his life. This film not only focuses on his tomb, but on ancient Egyptian cities to retell important moments of King Tut's life. The documentary King Tut Unwrapped: Life and Death, directed by Brando Quilici, follows Egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass and a group of scientists, as they use archeology and forensic science to uncover the mysterious of King Tutankhamen. To begin, the group of scientists are centered in Egypt as they retrace King Tut's steps in life. They revisit his tomb uncovering 2 fetuses which are predicted to be his children and can be tested properly with modern science. Additionally, two females mummies were recently uncovered in the Valley of Kings. One of which is said to be Ankhesenamun, King Tut's wife and sister. Once the main archeologist take the mummies back to the forensic scientists, they begin taking DNA samples from their bone marrow to compare with King Tut's DNA.

This is when the film returns to the forensic scientists with the DNA results. They have an issue with the residue left on the mummies to preserve them and are disrupting the DNA samples. So they pass it on to the Radiologists who have 3D scans of the fetus and figure out that one of them had Marfarn syndrome. It is a genetic condition that Tut's father had, but King Tut himself did not. They try to find this syndrome in one of the female mummies, but instead find that one of them contained a severely deformed foot. They suspect that this mummy could be Ankhesenamun. After some more testing the forensic scientists prove that the older fetus was King Tut's daughter, and along with her sibling are the only mummified fetuses found in