Who Killed King Tut? Using Modern Forensics to Solve a 3,000-Year-Old Mystery.MICHAEL R. KING AND GREGORY M. COOPER WITH DON DENEVI WHO KILLED KING TUT tut interj. Used to express annoyance, impatience, or mild reproof: "Tut, tut, child! ... Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it" Lewis Carroll. ? Using Modern Forensics See computer forensics. to Solve a 3,000-Year-Old Mystery Two former police officers from Utah team with writer DeNevi to figure out whether the ancient Egyptian pharaoh King Tutankhamen was murdered and, if so, who did it. King and Cooper, who worked in the FBI'S Profiling Center, apply cutting-edge forensic analysis to the findings of archaeologists Archaeology is a discipline that was virtually unknown until the 19th century. Archaeology, originally an amateur pastime, is becoming increasingly popular, and it is now possible for archaeologists to become minor celebrities as a result of media exposure. including Howard Carter Noun 1. Howard Carter - Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939) Carter , who discovered King Tut's tomb in 1922, and of the authors' own fact-finding mission to Egypt. Further expertise is offered by Egyptologist Joanne Fletcher. She supplies details of King Tut at age 21, the time of his death, as well as of people closest to him, including several with motives for murder. The authors conclude that foul play foul play n. Unfair or treacherous action, especially when involving violence. foul play Noun 1. violent activity esp. murder 2. was involved and provide evidence to back up that claim. After eliminating a number of suspects, they build a case against Ay, the prime minister to King Tut's father, Akhenaten, and adviser to the young ruler. Prometheus, 2004, 258 p., color plates/b&w photos/illus., hardcover, $25.00. |
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