Scans show pharaoh’s throat slit during coup

LONDON: Conspirators may have killed Egyptian King Ramesses III — the second Pharaoh of the 20th dynasty — by slitting his throat, new forensic analysis of his mummy has revealed. The first CT scans to examine the king's mummy showed a cut to the neck deep enough to be fatal. The secret has been hidden for centuries by the bandages covering the it's throat that could not be removed for preservation's sake.

The work may end at least one of the controversies surrounding the Pharaoh's death, which has been long debated by the historians, the 'BBC News' reported.

Ancient documents including the Judicial Papyrus of Turin say that in 1155 BC, members of his harem attempted to kill him as part of a palace coup. The CT scans and DNA tests on the mummies at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo showed a deep, 2.7 inches wide wound to the throat just under the larynx, which the scientists say was probably caused by a sharp blade and could have caused immediate death.

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