A new “virtual autopsy” of Egypt’s King Tutankhamun portrays him as a broad-hipped, big-breasted, weak-boned pharaoh who died in his teens due to congenital problems brought on by incest — but that depiction has some Egyptian archaeologists complaining that the boy-king is being slandered 3,300 years after his death.
The revised view of King Tut, including a virtual reconstruction of his face and body, is the centerpiece of a TV documentary that aired Sunday on the Smithsonian Channel in the United States. Viewers can find the next scheduled broadcast at the Smithsonian Channel’s website.
