Who killed King Tut? : using modern forensics to solve a 3,300-year-old mystery
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Who killed King Tut? : using modern forensics to solve a 3,300-year-old mystery
Author:
King, Michael R.
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Publication Information:
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, [2004]
©2004
Physical Description:
258 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Tutankhamen's tomb : inscrutable, dismaying; Tutankhamen in the sunlight -- An invitation to unravel an ancient riddle -- Egypt : where old paradoxes and new personalities meet, satisfying our itch for history -- Tutankhamen's tomb : triumph over time, chronology of main events -- Considering the first clues : using victimology to establish Tut's lifestyle; Victimology of Tutankhamen; Background information; Our approach to investigative analysis -- It's murder, reasonable suspicion rules out death by accident, suicide or natural causes; Suicide?; Death by natural causes?; By Accident?; Murder? -- Zigzagging across Egypt, soaking up the sun, listening to the experts and collecting clues -- Two cops in a crypt : tracking four main suspects -- Amarna and Minya, Amarna -- Radiographs don't lie : myths and theories about Tutankhamen's demise -- The unusual suspects : Discovery of Horemheb's tomb; Maya; Ankhesenamun; Ay, the Great Manipulator -- Why Ay? : presenting the indictment -- Conclusion : the curse of the Mummy Tut.
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ISBN:
9781591021834
Format :
Book