THE mystery of what killed King Tutankhamun may finally be solved — after scientists unearthed groundbreaking DNA evidence.

His mummy was buried with a wealth of goods ... who was probably his half sister. Whatever flaws King Tut inherited in this life, however, the image he left for eternity is one of luminous ...

These non-invasive techniques have allowed researchers to determine that the mummy was once a man who stood about five and a half feet tall ... Carter uncovered King Tutankhamun's tomb.

This leads to the belief that the catacomb the king picked out for himself was in ... It may be some time still before the mummy can be brought out for the priceless shrines, invaluable to science ...

King Tutankhamun's cause ... Queen Kiya (one of his sister-wives) or a lesser-known character known as the 'Younger Lady.' The Younger Lady is a mummy that was found buried in the Valley of ...

But Hollywood didn't invent the curse concept. The "mummy's curse" first enjoyed worldwide acclaim after the 1922 discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor ...

CT Scanning equipment by Siemens AG; Data courtesy, the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Arab Republic of Egypt; National Geographic magazine, June 2005 Inside King Tut's subterranean burial ...

One thing that people have long pondered is King Tut's cause of death which, with the help of modern day technology, ...