The 12th king of dynasty Tutankhamen was born in 1341 B.C.E, and gained power in 1352 B.C.E when he was only nine years old. He was the most famous king in the history of Egypt and was considered as half god half man. After his mysterious death at nineteen years of age in 1361 B.C.E, he disappeared from the history until the discovery of his tomb, in 1922. His body was discovered several after the discovery of his tomb, with a lot of controversies about the actual cause of his death. The death of King Tut is still a mystery; there are different theories about it, some people think that he died in an accident, some think that it was a an assassination and some people think that his death was natural and he died because of some kind of illness.
In 2002, Mike King and Greg Cooper, two of the America’s top detectives, who strongly believed that death of the king was an assassination, tried to prove the theory of king Tut’s assassination with the modern forensic techniques. They believed that Tutankham was god king, and there should have been extra care for him if he was sick, and the fact that he was too young too die makes it hard to believe that he could have died naturally. When the researchers examine the x-ray they found out that there was an uneven bump in the bottom of the skull, which they assumed was the sign of blood clot because of the head injury. The x-rays also revealed a broken bone fragment in the top left corner of the skull. The detectives then profiled that when king Tut took over the charge he was too young and was mentored by Ay (aayee) the prime minister of that time the, second highest authority after king, but when he realized that the king has started to gain confidence and control, he eventually killed him.
The other theory about king’s death is that, he died because of sickness. The x-rays revealed that the mummy had patchy skin on the face which could have been an insect bite. Later the modern 3D x-rays and DNA tests revealed that the king Tut died with malaria. The experts and researchers now started to believe that the fractures and skull stabs were caused during the process of mummification.
I personally believe that death of king Tutankhamen occurred due to the natural causes and it was not an assassination, because the assassination theory was based upon the research done with limited use of technology even the x-rays used were from 1968, the bone fractures that are thought to be the cause of death could possibly have happened when the body was taken out of the coffin for the first time after almost 3000 years. But on the other hand the evidence recommending natural death is strong and the research done to prove it is based on modern technology.