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King Tut Unwrapped: King Tut's Paternal Line
A DNA test confirms that the unidentified mummy from KV55 is a genetic match with Amenhotep III and thus must be his son Akhenaton, the likely father of Tutankhamun.
Added: Feb 16, 2010
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Runtime: 02:18
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