For over 3000 years an ancientcrime had gone unsolved.  Recently detectives have solved the mystery about King Tutankhamens sudden death.  Little was known about King Tut during his rule as Pharoah  of Egypt during the 18th Dynasty.  The young prince was only  nine years oldwhen he followed his father ,Akenhaton, to the royal throne.  He was only eighteen when he died.  It was not until 1922 when British archeologist, Howard Carter , discovered King Tuts tomb, that King Tut became well known.  this was one of the few  burial chambers to be intact and filled with many treasures.  However , there were many questions as to thee cause of death with the condition of the tomb .  Did King Tut die of naturai causes or was there foul play?
More than 3300 years after King Tutankhamen was entombed in The Vally of the Kings,two investigators used modern day methods to solve this ancient case.  The investigators were Greg Cooper and Mike King.  Following the scientific method , these two investigators used a variety of sources, books, scientific papers, photographs of King Tuts tomb and X rays of the mummy, as well as the knowledge of modern scientists to solve the case .  The first question asked was wether King Tuts death resulted from natural causes.  He was originally thaught to have died of consuption.  Cooper and King , however , did not agree.  The age of his death, eightteen, was young for a pharoah who recieved exellent care and protection.  King and Cooper looked for clues.  they went to the actual crime scene , King Tut's tomb.  The tomb was not fit for a pharoah, as it was very small and pooriy done.  Rad paint was splashed on the tomb walls.  Many artifacts were taken from the funerary warehouse.  For example,  Tut's name was written over erased names on small gold canopic jars carrying his organs.  The sarcophagus was second hand.  Wings were added to change the origonal figure.  The preservation was poor for a pharaoh.  King Tut's body was still damp when being wrapped.  Also,  large amounts of resin or unguents were used,  probably to mask the smell of a decomposing body.  Cooper and King cuncluded that King Tut did not die from natural causes.
Seeking further clues,  King Tut's X-rays were examined by a neurologist,  radiologist and a medical examiner.  The vertebrae in the boys neck were fused together.  As a result,  King Tut would not be able to move his head without moveing his entire upper body.  Tut was also found to have scoliosis.  Many used walking stickes were found in his tomb.  These deformities would make King Tut vulnerable to a blow to the back of the head.  Abnormalities were found in the thin bones above Tuts eye sockets.  These were probably fractures caused by when the head strikes the ground from falling backwards and the brain snaps forwad.  X-rays from 1968 showed a sliver of bone floating in the brain cavity as well as a dark area at the back of the skull that may have been a blood clot.  King Tut could have vr well received a severe blow to the back of his head.  King and Cooper concluded King Tuts death was the result of unnatural causes- perhaps even murder!
Who in ancient Egypt had the means,  the opportunity and the motive to murder the Pharaoh?  Cooper and King narrowed the search to four suspects:
Maya,  Tuts chief treasurer,  Horemheb,  Commander in Chief,  Ankhesenamen,  Tuts wife,  and Prime Minister Ay.  Maya and Horemheb lacked motive