King Tut's DNA Was Finally Tested — And the Truth About His Family Is Disturbing

Two tiny coffins, a smashed face in a forgotten tomb, and a defaced mummy whose name had been cut away. For more than three thousand years, these clues sat in the shadow of Tutankhamun's gold, until scientists drilled into the bones of eleven royal mummies and rebuilt the boy king's family tree. In this video you'll discover how Carter's team pulled the resin-glued king out of his coffin in pieces, why a 1968 X-ray launched a murder theory that lasted forty years, and how DNA connected Tutankhamun to the most hated pharaoh in Egyptian history. You'll also find out what the mummies revealed about his parents, why his own body carried the cost of that bloodline, and how a desperate widow's plea to a foreign king ended with a prince dead on the road. It's a careful look at what the 2010 study proved, where scientists still disagree, and why the last chapter of this family has not been written. #Tutankhamun #KingTut #AncientEgypt #Akhenaten #AncientDNA #EgyptianHistory