Crashed and Burned: King Tut's Spontaneous Combustion

Monday, November 4, 2013 - 15:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

British researchers believe they've found evidence that answer the riddle of how the boy king died, and in the process made a shocking discovery: After King Tut was sealed in his tomb in 1323 B.C., his mummified body caught fire and burned.

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