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DNA Sheds Light on King Tut's Life, Death

By Katie DrummondFeb 16th 2010 – 11:41AM
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(Feb. 16) -- The most famous of all pharaohs was a frail and sickly king who walked with a cane and suffered from a painful bone disease and a club foot. But it may have been a severe case of malaria that finally killed him, according to groundbreaking new genetic analysis. A team of researchers from Egypt, Germany and...

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Background on ClubFoot

A club foot, or congenital talipes equinovarus (CTEV), is a congenital deformity involving one foot or both.

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