King Tut's Body Spontaneously Combusted Inside Coffin

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By Lisa Raffensperger
Nov 4, 2013 8:16 PMDec 17, 2019 4:59 AM
King Tut mummy replica
A replica of the mummified Tutankhamun.

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King Tut, that most famous of mummies, may yet have some secrets to spill. Researchers have reanalyzed the teenage king’s remains and determined that his broken bones indicate he died after being hit by a chariot—and that, adding insult to injury, his mummification was botched, leading his corpse to spontaneously combust inside its sarcophagus.

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