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The Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun ill health, which most likely was the cause of his premature death, may be because his parents were siblings.
It shows the new DNA tests, which Egyptian and German scientists have discovered.
Tutankhamun was one of two tormented by a clubfoot and limb of multiple genetic defects, often seen by inbreeding. Tutankhamun was therefore only one set of grandparents.
PHOTO Come close to 3300 years old pharaoh
Inbreeding was widely seen within the royal family in ancient Egypt.
"A king could marry his own sister and daughter because he was a god ', explains the head of Egypt's heritage agency, Zahi Hawass.
He has been behind a series of studies of mummies from the Valley of the Kings over the past two years.
Died as a teenager
Tutankhamun reigned from 1333 to 1324 BC and died about 19 years.
Investigations have revealed that Tutankhamun had malaria and shortly before or in connection with his death was engaged in a sharp decline. Overall, the weakening of health and malaria had taken the lives of the young king.
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Tutankhamun was, according to surveys father of two stillborn children, whose bodies were also found in the pharaoh magnificent tomb in 1922.
Feminine features
The danger of Tutankhamun pharaoh was Akhnaton, who ruled from about 1351 to 1334 BC
Statues of Akhnaton appears often with very feminine features like wide hips and breasts. But according to Zahi Hawass stems from the feminine features of religious and political reasons.
'The artist spent a poem by Akhnaton wrote to the gods, where he spoke of pharaoh as a god who is both man and woman, "says Hawass.
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