Article: Who dunnit?(pharaoh Tutankhamen, Napoleon Bonaparte)(Brief article)

Who killed Egypt's pharaoh Tutankhamen? Was France's emperor Napoleon Bonaparte poisoned? For centuries, those mysteries have fueled historical debates. Now scientists think they've found enough evidence to close the two cold cases.

Researchers once believed that King Tut was killed by a blow to the head. But a CAT scan of King Tut's mummy revealed a less sinister cause of death: a broken leg. Scientists now believe that Tutankhamen died from an infection or a brood clot stemming from a fractured thigh. "I think it is the end of the investigation," says ...

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