A British surgeon argues that Tutankhamen may have suffered from epilepsy, and that his seizures may also explain the onset of monotheistic religion in Egypt…

 

 

 

A new theory emerges about the mysterious death of Tutankhamen

 

By Jessica Hamzelou and New Scientist

 

Tutankhamen’s mysterious death as a teenager may finally have been explained. The condition that cut short the Egyptian ruler’s life may also have triggered the earliest monotheistic religion, suggests a new review of his family history.

 

Since his lavishly furnished, nearly intact tomb was discovered in 1922, the cause of Tutankhamen’s death more than 3,000 years ago has been at the center of intense debate. There have been theories of murder, leprosy, tuberculosis, malaria, sickle-cell anemia, a snake bite — even the suggestion that the young king died after a fall from his chariot.

 

But all of these theories have missed one vital point, says Hutan Ashrafian, a surgeon with an interest in medical history at Imperial College London…

 

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