King Tutankhamun was a 'battle-hardened warrior' and NOT a sickly boy-king as previously thought, experts claim
- last year
Tutankhamun was a battle-hardened warrior and not the sickly boy-king of legend, experts have claimed.
It has entered historical folklore that Egypt's most famous king was frail and deformed, with a club foot.
He was buried with around 130 complete and fragmented sticks of various shapes and designs, which have been suggested to be walking sticks to help with his mobility.
But three experts on ancient Egypt have told Cheltenham Science Festival this week that such an assumption could be wrong.
Sofia Aziz, a biomedical Egyptologist, said: 'When I studied Tutankhamun, I personally don't think there was any evidence he was disabled, because I have seen mummies where it looks like there is a club foot.
It has entered historical folklore that Egypt's most famous king was frail and deformed, with a club foot.
He was buried with around 130 complete and fragmented sticks of various shapes and designs, which have been suggested to be walking sticks to help with his mobility.
But three experts on ancient Egypt have told Cheltenham Science Festival this week that such an assumption could be wrong.
Sofia Aziz, a biomedical Egyptologist, said: 'When I studied Tutankhamun, I personally don't think there was any evidence he was disabled, because I have seen mummies where it looks like there is a club foot.