Roxana Cooper Wrote:
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> While we will probably never know for certain how
> Tut died the possibilities
> are legion and murder is far down on the list. Tut
> was shaping up to be a fine,
> conventional 18th dynasty Pharaoh, no doubt his
> handlers were very, very pleased
> with him. There is every reason to believe his
> death was regarded as a disaster
> rather than being desired. Aye, the usual suspect,
> had a long career as a trusted
> and well rewarded Royal servant behind him and was
> probably a relative as well. It
> is very hard to see why, in his old age, he would
> be suddenly overcome by hunger
> for a crown he couldn't expect to wear for very
> long.


Haven't you ever heard the saying "Old age & treachery will beat youth & enthusiasm" ?