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The Murder of Tutankhamen

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One of the nation’s most respected Egyptologists examines the compelling mystery at the back of the death of King Tutankhamen.

“Can the truth be known about a conceivable murder that would have been committed 3,000 years ago? Respected Egyptologist Bob Brier, specialist in paleopathology and host of the Learning Channel’s acclaimed series The Great Egyptians, believes it will probably. Skillfully combining known historical events with evidence gathered by advanced technologies, Brier has re-created the suspenseful story of religious upheaval and political intrigue that likely resulted in the murder of the teenage king Tutankhamen. . . . Breathing life into old bones and artifacts, Brier examines all to be had evidence to arrive at ‘essentially the most reasonable explanation for a tragic event,’ an explanation that, he says, is testable through using current technology at the mummified remains of the ancient king.”—Booklist (starred review)

“Brier’s 3,000-year-old mystery often draws the reader into the curious and exotic world of Egyptology. . . . By the point you finish his intrigue-filled reconstruction of Tutankhamen’s world—which includes such elements as teenage love, religious heresy,  the Orwellian rewriting of history and the desperate pleas of a terrified queen—you risk coming to care a good deal about the young Pharaoh’s fate. . . . We will be able to be grateful to Dr. Brier for showing that even a mystery dating to the fourteenth century B.C. is subject to engrossing examination.”—The New York Times

INCLUDES 16 PAGES OF PHOTOS

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