Howard Carter's Death Research Paper

In 1922, a man named Howard Carter uncovered one of the greatest archaeological treasures: he found the tomb of King Tutankhamen, a boy king, almost completely in tact. Carter found over 2,000 objects in the four chambers, including the king’s coffin, which was made from 22 lbs. of solid gold. Inside the coffin was Tut’s body, and scientists concluded from it that he died very young. There are many speculations on how he died, so it is not known for sure if he was murdered, died of a sudden sickness, or died of some sort of accident.
The fact that he died so young and so suddenly have made some suspicious. The very first autopsy was performed in 1925. The doctor performing the autopsy noticed a cut on the left cheek but was unable to find a
solution to his cause of death. In 1968, another doctor x-rayed Tut’s body. The x-ray showed that Tut did not die of tuberculosis. It also showed that the front ribcage was missing. No other strange injuries were present on that part of the body. Because his arms were crossed over that area, some think it might have been another type of embalming method. But the x-ray did show a mysterious fragment of bone within the skull and a defect that could be a hemorrhage caused by a blow to the head. More recently, CAT scans have been performed in hoping to gain more information into his death. Although not conclusive, these scans imply that he did not die of this injury. Some now believe he was poisoned. Future tests on his organs might be able to provide some proof for this theory. Others believe he might have died from an infection brought on by a badly broken leg.