It has long been believed that the Tutankhamun died of a “open” woundas his body weakened more and more from the malaria. However, an Egyptian researcher overturns this scenario that we have known until now and argues that Tutankhamun may have died while driving his chariot drunk.

Sofia Aziz, an award-winning independent researcher, believes that o Tutankhamun was killed after a chariot accident while drunk on wine. According to her, his serious injury, the fractures in his legs that became infected, caused him a slow death. “He was like a typical teenager, drinking and probably driving his chariot too fast”Ms Aziz told BBC Science Focus.

In 2010, a team of Egyptologists radiologically examined the pharaoh’s mummy to better understand the causes of his death.

The king, who was just 18 or 19 when he diedit was found that he was suffering not only from malaria, but from multiple disorders at the time of his death. Previous studies claim that he needed a cane to walk, as well he had the painful Köhler diseasea rare disorder that causes the blood supply to the scaphoid bone, at the back of the leg, to stop.

However, the researchers concluded that it was actually a broken leg that killed him, the cause being unclear. Now, Ms Aziz has completely ruled out those theories, drawing evidence from objects in his grave.

It has long been believed that the ancient egyptians were buried with everyday objects that could be used in the afterlife. Also, experts said that the seeds and fruits found in his tomb suggest that was receiving medical treatment. According to the researcher, the six chariots, the armor and the wine storage “show” – according to the researcher – that “he was not disabled and rode chariots like a ‘warrior king'”, she said.

Tutankhamun

Tutankhamun he was the son of Pharaoh Akhenaten. Nefertiti was not his mother, as is often wrongly claimed, but Akhenaten’s primary wife – his mother was one of the secondary wives. Tutankhamun ascended the throne at the age of eight. The young king died in 1323 BC. at just 18 or 19 years old. And although today everyone knows his name and his tomb is a tourist attraction, during his short life Tutankhamun was not a powerful pharaoh.