| In 1994, Bob Brier, an Egyptologist from Long Island University insisted that Tutankhamen was murdered by Ay (a high ranking official). Mr. Brier revealed his findings January 17, 1997 in a conference held in California.
Why would Brier suggest it was Ay who killed the pharaoh? This answer is found after King Tut’s death—Ay succeeded the throne. So now that we have a possible motive that’s obvious, how did Ay become king if he was the vizier and not a royal family member? This answer was found through a ring. A ring discovered in Cairo in 1931 shed light into Ay’s tactic used to attain the throne. Ankhesenamun (King Tut’s wife) was forced to marry Ay after King Tut’s death. This gave Ay the right to step into kingship. This marriage was not a happy event as evidence found some points of distress and despair on Ankhesenamum’s part.
Some Egyptologists believe that Ankhesenamun could have made a desperate plea for help. But why would they believe this? Some tablets, which are dated towards the end of the Amarna period, were discovered. These tables appeared to be from Ankhesenamum to the Hittites asking for help. The Hittites were enemies of Egypt at the time.
These tablets, dating back to the end of the 18th dynasty, revealed a possible last plea for intervention to the Hittites revealing a potential scandal in the making. Some Egyptologist’s strongly associate this letter with Ankhesenamun as a last resort in the hopes of saving her throne and her status. She informed the Hittite king, Suppiluliumas, to send a son to wed her. She clearly stated her humiliation and her feelings of being worried. The queen pointed out the loss of her husband and stated, “Never shall I pick out a servant of mine and make him my husband. I am afraid!”
Perhaps, the clearest evidence that Tut was murdered is the fact that he was hastily buried without ceremony. The fascination with Tut's tomb belongs to us. The people in control after he was murdered were more concerned with erasing his memory, and that leads us to believe that the 19 year old King Tut, who was very healthy and well fed, as CT scan technology has proven, was assuredly murdered.
For his information, even if an otherwise healthy Tut had contracted Malaria, as he insists, that does not mean that King Tut was not murdered before any disease claimed his life.
Unfortunately, we live in a world where science is losing credibility.
Now imagine how stupid the following headline is. Scientists have determined that JFK was not a victim of foul play because DNA testing proves that he suffered from Addison’s disease.
Gravely ill, Kennedy was admitted to a London hospital in 1947. His doctor's verdict: "He hasn't got a year to live."
Science has its limits. If you want the truth, study the history.
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