knew about Tutankhamun The most famous king of Egypt was that he was weak and deformed with a club foot, and was buried with about 130 whole and fragmented sticks of various shapes and designs, which were said to have been walking sticks to help him walk.
But three experts in the history of ancient Egypt revealed that such an assumption may be wrong. Rather, the Egyptian king was an experienced warrior, not a sick king, according to a report by the British Daily Mail.
Sophia Aziz, a biomedical Egyptologist, said: “When I studied Tutankhamun, I personally don’t think there was any evidence that he was disabled, because I’ve seen mummies where there appeared to be club feet.”
She added that these pathological changes are false, noting that the sticks were just a sign of royalty.
She also explained that the curvature of the foot may in fact have resulted during the mummification process, as the application of resin and tight bandages can distort the shape of the foot.
Evidence of being a warrior
She noted that there was a missing middle bone in his second left toe, perhaps after his remains were moved to a sandbox, or simply taken by someone as a souvenir.
On the other hand, a few experts challenged the theory that Tutankhamun was a weak king, but the idea that he was more like a warrior is supported by items found in his tomb, such as shields made of leather and various weapons.
Dr Campbell Price, curator of the Egypt Museum in Manchester, supported the idea that the sick boy king is most likely a legend.
He explained that Tutankhamun’s “walking sticks” were signs of status, as they were decorated with images of his enemies, such as the neighboring Nubians.
3 thousand years his body was not discovered
It is reported that Tutankhamun was so famous because his body remained untouched for nearly 3,000 years after his death, and without the tomb being ransacked by grave robbers like many other pharaohs.
Discovered by archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922, the tomb revealed tantalizing evidence about a child who became pharaoh in 1336 BC, at the age of only nine, before dying suddenly at the age of nineteen.
