Broken leg led to Tutankhamun’s death

EGYPT’S famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, may have walked with a cane and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his mummy.

The findings were from two years of DNA testing and CT scans on 16 mummies, including those of Tutankhamun and his family, said the study team in an article to be published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

It also established the clearest family tree yet for King Tut. The study said his father was probably Akhenaten, the pharaoh who tried to revolutionise ancient Egyptian religion to worship one god — while his mother was a still unidentified sister of Akhenaten.