Who killed King Tut? : using modern forensics to solve a 3,300-year-old mystery /
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| Author / Creator: | King, Michael R. |
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| Imprint: | Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2004. |
| Description: | 258 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5146412 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Tutankhamen's Tomb: Inscrutable, Dismaying
- Tutankhamen in the Sunlight
- Chapter 2. An Invitation to Unravel an Ancient Riddle
- Chapter 3. Egypt: Where Old Paradoxes and New Personalities Meet
- Satisfying Our Itch for History
- Chapter 4. Tutankhamen's Tomb Triumphs over Time
- Chapter 5. Considering the First Clues: Using Victimology to Establish Tut's Lifestyle
- Victimology of Tutankhamen
- Background Information
- Our Approach to Investigative Analysis
- Chapter 6. It's Murder--Reasonable Suspicion Rules Out Death by Suicide, Natural Causes, or Accident
- Suicide?
- Death by Natural Causes?
- By Accident?
- Murder?
- Chapter 7. Zigzagging Across Egypt--Soaking Up the Sun, Listening to the Experts, and Collecting Clues
- Chapter 8. Two Cops in a Crypt--Tracking Four Main Suspects
- Chapter 9. Amarna and Minya
- Amarna
- Chapter 10. Radiographs Don't Lie--Myths and Theories about Tutankhamen's Demise
- Chapter 11. The Unusual Suspects
- Discovery of Horemheb's Tomb
- Maya
- Ankhesenamun
- Ay, "The Great Manipulator"
- Chapter 12. Why Ay? Presenting the Indictment
- High Court of the Pharaoh of Egypt for the Central District of Thebes
- Conclusion: The Curse of the Mummy Tut
- Bibliography
- Appendixes
- Maps and Charts
- Ancient Egyptian Temples and Tombs
- The Valley of the Nile
- Tutankhamen's Tomb
- Tutankhamen's Family Tree
- Some of the Kings and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt
- Chronology of Main Events
- The Great Restoration Stela of Tut-Ankh-Amun
- The Skull and Cervical Spine Radiographs of Tutankhamen: A Critical Appraisal
- The Investigative Approach Used in the Death Investigation of King Tut
