English scientists once again surprised the world community. For something had to return to the life of the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Portrait of an ancient ruler was recreated with the help of computer forecasting appearance.
How is it to learn English scientist, the appearance of Tutankhamun, who died at the age of 19, was not very nice. He had malocclusion and protruding lower jaw. His left leg was largely curved in the area of the ankles and feet, so that in consequence of clubfoot he probably walked with a cane. Also, Pharaoh had extremely wide feet and narrow shoulders.
Portrait of Tutankhamun was recreated by the method of "virtual autopsy" computer prediction of appearance based on the analysis of the anatomical hallmarks of the mummy. Tutankhamun ruled Egypt in 1332-1323 years BC. Historians consider him to be the son of Pharaoh Akhenaten, the famous religious reformer, is married to Nefertiti. The mother of Tutankhamun was another wife of Akhenaten, which, according to some researchers, was the sister of his wife. Wife of Tutankhamun Ankhesenamun was the daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti.
Scientists believe that Tutankhamun suffered from genetic diseases, the basis of which were closely related marriages, known families of Egyptian pharaohs. The argument in favor of the version of genetic diseases have become evidence about the early deaths of members of the dynasty, which belonged to Tutankhamen.
"His specific forefathers and descendants had died early, and with each generation more and more young," said a teacher of medicine at London's Imperial Institute Hutana of Ashrafian TASS. The full results of the study will be presented in the documentary film "Tutankhamun: the Open truth", which will be shown next Sunday on channel Bi-bi-si.
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