Researchers attribute King Tut's death to malaria, degenerative bone condition.
The New York Times (2/16, Wilford) reported that "scientists have now determined the most likely agents of" King Tutankhamen's "death: a severe bout of malaria combined with a degenerative bone condition," according to research reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers used "advanced radiological and genetic techniques" during their two-year investigation, finding "several...pathologies in the Tut mummy, including a bone disorder known as Köhler's disease II, which alone would not have caused death. But he was also afflicted with avascular bone necrosis, a condition in which diminished blood supply to the bone leads to serious weakening or destruction of tissue."
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