DNA test hopes to discover King Tut's children

Two mummified foetuses found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun are to be DNA tested to determine their link to the young pharaoh, Egypt announced today.

DNA test hopes to discover King Tut's children

Two mummified foetuses found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun are to be DNA tested to determine their link to the young pharaoh, Egypt announced today.

The two tiny female foetuses, found in the tomb in Luxor as part of the 1922 King Tut discovery, may be his stillborn children, the country’s Supreme Council of Antiquities said.

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