April
24
/ 2023
It could be quite the talk show: Who is King Tut’s real father? The host would be handed an envelope with the paternity test results. The audience hushes, clutching their seats, biting their nails. Who could be the dad? Was it rebel bad boy Akhenaten? Or his younger brother, the shadowy Smenkhkare? Or was it the elderly Amenhotep III, their father? [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"107247","attributes":{"alt":"Reconstructed family tree of Tutankhmaun, based on the conclusions reached by Zahi Hawass et al in 2010 (Image: Courtesy Jonathon Perrin)","class":"media-image","height":"339","style":"width: 610px; height: 339px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"610"}}]] Reconstructed family tree of Tutankhmaun, based on the conclusions reached by Zahi Hawass et al in 2010 (Image: Courtesy Jonathon Perrin) At present, there is no definitive answer to this all-important question. The evidence for
