DNA now confirms the mummy to be a son of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye—known to be the parents of Akhenaten—and the father of King Tut ... discovered in 1898, unwrapped and casually laid ...

The results suggested that King Tut was the son of the anonymous mummy in tomb KV55 in the Valley of the Kings. His mother, also anonymous, was possibly buried in tomb KV35. 'Unfortunately as ...

Fifty full years after King Tut’s tomb was discovered ... opposite Luxor in Egypt. The mummy was unwrapped by Egyptologist Gaston Maspero, who noticed the resemblance to Thutmose I (his father ...

Experts say this royal inbreeding likely caused King Tut’s frail health. DNA shows his parents were siblings, or at lease very close relatives – a common practice in ancient Egypt. Mummy of ...