A team of scientists from Australia, Italy and Brazil has recreated the appearance of the legendary pharaoh Tutankhamun. It was possible to do this using a digital model of the skull of the mummy of the boy-king, according to Ancient origins..

Tutankhamun, named Tutankhaton at birth, ascended the throne at the age of eight or nine and ruled for a decade during the XVIII Dynasty of Ancient Egypt.. He ruled between 1333 and 1324 BC, with many mysteries and assumptions connected with his life and death..

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Scientists say the first study of Tutankhamen's body, conducted in 1925, provided limited information about the causes of his death.. But subsequent studies, including X-rays taken in 1998 and a CT scan done in 2005, have made it possible to better assess both his state of health and the possible causes of death..

Thanks to these studies, scientists ruled out the version with the murder of the pharaoh, but found out that shortly before his death, he had a broken knee..

In 2010, a large-scale study of the DNA of Tutankhamun and his family members was carried out.. It showed that the pharaoh was ill with malaria and Koehler's disease.. In addition, scientists have confirmed the close family ties of Tutankhamun with Akhenaten, who is considered his father, and two stillborn children found in his burial..

What Tutankhamun looked like has long been of interest to researchers and the public. Over the years, several attempts have been made to recreate its appearance..

In a new study, scientists used digital techniques to reconstruct Tutankhamun's 3D skull based on available data, including CT scans, X-rays and anthropometric measurements.. They also used a process called anatomical deformation to fit the segmented structure of the bone to the characteristics of King Tut's skull.. After that, based on this skull, the researchers recreated the face of the pharaoh.

Previously, scientists managed to recreate the appearance of a woman who lived 31 thousand years ago on the territory of modern Europe. Initially, the researchers identified the remains of a woman as male, but in the course of a new study, scientists have identified an error..