Is it true that Tutankhamun's body was burnt?

"Curse of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun's mummy" became a mystery of the tomb was discovered by Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter in 1922. Since then some of archaeologists who discovered the tomb was found improperly dead.

Now, there are recent findings from the mummy of young Egyptian king who died 3,300 years ago it was. Apparently, after his tomb was sealed in 1323 BC, a fire that burned the King Tut body.

Not long ago, an arkeoleg Chris Naunton, who is also Director of the Egypt Exploration Society, reread the original Howard Carter record, that stated that the burnt body of King Tut. Naunton then contact Robert Connolly, an Egyptologists from Liverpool University, who has a small sample of Tutankhamun's flesh and bone. The examination by electron microscopy revealed that the Pharaoh Tut flesh was burning, once buried in a sealed tomb.

The gold burial death mask of Tutankhamun honored the young pharaoh after his untimely death. (Picture from: http://www.livescience.com/)

The question is, how the fire broke out in Tut's tomb that has been sealed. Experts suspect that the oil used in the embalming process soak the king shroud. Oxygen in the tomb trigger the burning of oil and "baking" Tutankhamun's body at a temperature of about 200 degrees Celsius.

Indeed over the years, scientists suspect the young pharaoh's burial is done in haste. It was seen from spots on the walls of the Tut tomb caused by microbial activity. This hints that the paint on the walls has not been dried properly before the tomb was sealed.

The latest evidence of the fire was reinforce the notion that Tut's funeral was the work done in a hurry. "His body was charred and there is the possibility of the mummification process failed due to a fire shortly after the funeral is over," says Naunton to The Independent.

British biologist and author, Brian Ford believes that acetone produced by a body could combustible by a static electric spark or other ignition source. And by analyzing the injuries sustained by car-crash victims, forensic scientists have now shed light on the events surrounding the death of the boy king, who is believed to have been just 17 years old when he died. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | LIVESCIENCE | KORAN TEMPO 4394]

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