Radiologists Attempt to Solve Mystery of Tut's Demise

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    Figure 1. Colored 3-D CT image of the body and extremities of the mummy with the arms extended beside the body, no longer crossing over the waist as originally reported in 1925.
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    Figure 2. Colored 3-D CT image of the head eliciting the slight mal-alignment of the incisor teeth with an overbite.
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    Figure 3. CT image of the left knee showing a peculiar fracture of the lower part of the thigh bone with the dense embalming material covering its edges (arrow) suggesting its occurrence before embalmment, or in other words, shortly before death.
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    Figure 4. Images of the right and left upper and lower jaws demonstrating well developed teeth with partially erupted right lower and both left wisdom teeth.
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    Figure 5. Longitudinal section through the body showing linen packs impregnated with different materials filling the body cavities. No organs are present. The body was cut transversely into two halves at the third lumbar vertebra. The left bony hemi-pelvis is absent.

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