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Photograph by Kenneth Garrett, National Geographic StockKing Tut (depicted above on a "coffinette," which held some of his organs) may be seen as the golden boy of ancient Egypt today. But during his reign, Tutankhamun wasn't exactly a strapping sun god.

 

Instead, a DNA study released in February reported, King Tut was a frail pharaoh, beset by malaria and a bone disorder—his health possibly compromised by his newly discovered incestuous origins. (King Tut Pictures: DNA Study Reveals Health Secrets.) Share