The first research on the DNA of Tutankhamen and his family suggested he had malaria and that this disease could have led to his death, along with osteonecrosis. Similarly, the analysis confirms that his father was Akhenaton, the pharaoh who introduced the worship of the Sun God into Egypt however, the work has not cleared all the doubts about the young pharaoh.

Elena Ledda, Michele Catanzaro | 11 March 2010