Who Killed King Tut?: Using Modern Forensics to Solve a 3300-Year-Old Mystery - Hardcover

From the start, the reader gets a guided tour of historical and present-day Egypt with the help of Dr. John Fletcher, a respected British Egyptologist. Beginning with the reign of Tut's father and concluding with the deaths of those closest to Tut, Fletcher depicts in detail the facets of the Eighteenth Dynasty that are vital to the author's investigation. Photographs of the tomb and excerpts from Carter's diary, which provide stunning details of the crypt, nicely complement Fletcher's history.

A brief introduction to the world of forensics serves as a starting point for Cooper and King to delve into the mystery of Tut's death, which they approach without preconceptions. They plan to go where the evidence leads them. In chapter 5, "Considering the First Cues." the authors weave together historical and forensic information to devise a probably explanation. By carefully examining each possible scenario, the authors draw a startling conclusion: the pharaoh was murdered. But who killed him? The investigation focuses on Tut's inner circle and takes detectives through Egypt, visiting the tombs of vizier Ay, General Horemheb, and treasurer Maya, all of which hold many fascinating clues. Next, an expert examination of the radiographs of Tut's skull points to murder. Did Tut die from a blow to the head? When King and Cooper reveal their prime suspect, their findings challenge long-held beliefs about the famous pharaoh.

WHO KILLED KING TUT? - complete with a colorful photo insert; a preface by noted forensic psychologist Harold Bursztajn, MD; and an introduction by crime writer Don DeNevi - sheds new light on an ancient murder mystery and will captivate Egyptology enthusiasts, crime buffs, and the history lover in all of us.

Gregory M. Cooper is the Assistant Federal Security Director for Law Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He was formerly the Chief of Police in Provo, Utah. Cooper is also a former profiler and Unit Chief of the FBI's famed Criminal Profiling Unit dramatized in the Academy Award-winning motion picture SILENCE OF THE LAMBS.

Don DeNevi has previously taught in the criminal justice department at San Francisco State University and is now Supervisor of Recreation at San Quentin State Prison. He is the author, or coauthor, of thirty-four books, including INTO THE MINDS OF MADMAN: HOW THE FBI'S BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE UNIT REVOLUTIONIZED CRIME INVESTIGATION (with John H. Campbell).