BMJ
for more than a century, Egyptologists have puzzled over the mysterious disappearance of Ramses III in 1155 BCE According to the records of tests kept on the judicial Papyrus of Turin, an assassin murdered the Pharaoh during a bloody palace coup. But was it really the case, and if so, who led the plot? A new study published today in BMJ shows that Ramses III died violently after conspirators slashed his throat and reveals that one of the alleged ringleaders, son of Ramses Pentawere, may have later been strangled . The research team came to these conclusions after analyzing the two samples of DNA and CT scans of two mummies: Ramses III (with linen bandage, top right) and a young unidentified man previously found with him in a Cache at Deir el Bahari. The unidentified 20 (arrows pointing to the tablet unusual skin folds) have proven to be a son of Ramses: He seems to have been strangled (also highlighted in the analysis by the overinflated chest) and buried with goatskin, a PELT that the ancient Egyptians deemed ritually unclean and thus dishonor brand befitting a murderer. Sitting on a throne has long been a perilous undertaking, it seems.
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