DNA now confirms the mummy to be a son of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye—known to be the parents of Akhenaten—and the father of King Tut. The end of Akhenaten's reign is cloaked in confusion—a ...

Hawass and his team also conducted a DNA analysis that further solidified the familial ties between King Tut, King Akhenaten, and his father, King Amenhotep III. Further DNA testing in 2015 ...

Their dynasty ended in 1700 with the death of Charles II, a king so riddled with health ... The physical problems faced by Charles and the pharaoh Tutankhamun, the son of siblings, point to ...