Was King Tut 'cooked' in his tomb?

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Ever since Tutankhamen's gold-laden tomb was discovered in 1922, the world has been fascinated with the boy pharaoh who ruled Egypt in the 14th century B.C. NOW, new research may shed light on King Tut's life, death, and beyond. Re-examining X-rays from the 1960s that reveal burns on King Tut's body, London-based Egyptologist Chris Naunton thinks that embalming oils used during mummification chemically reacted with oxygen and linen, effectively "cooking" King Tut in his sarcophagus...