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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

More bioarchaeology

'Malaria and weak bones' may have killed Tutankhamun
It is the oldest mummified specimen of malaria ever found, but its presence doesn't mean that the disease is what finished him off. However, there are a lot of theories over Tut's death, though, and this is an interesting one.

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