The Tragic Reality of King Tut's Body

Being a product of your family hooking up may have protected the royal family's bloodline in a social

sense, but in a genetic sense, it was bad news. As a result of the

practice, Tut had a number of prominent physical disfigurements. Contrary to the

virile boy immortalized in his famous death mask, the real Tut probably had a severe overbite,

a curved spine, a severely disfigured foot, extremely slim hips, a skewed face,

and on top of all that, epilepsy. He also likely had pronounced breasts

and lived most of his short life in extreme pain. Maybe not so good to be king.

Tut had a severe club foot, which meant he needed help walking. This is backed up