CT scans confirm knife slashed Ramesses III's throat in harem conspiracy murder.
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Ramesses III suffered deep throat cut from sharp knife. Horus eye amulet inserted in wound for healing during mummification. Neck wrapped in thick linen collar post-injury. Unknown man E shows compressed neck skin folds indicating strangulation. Unknown man E has thoracic inflation from unusual mummification. Both mummies share identical Y-chromosome haplotypes. Both belong to common male lineage. Genetic kinship ties unknown man E to Ramesses III's family. Harem conspiracy Judicial Papyrus of Turin validated by forensics. Ramesses III killed around 1190-1070 BC. Unknown man E mummified together with Ramesses III. Study combines anthropology, forensics, radiology, genetics. Mummies from 20th dynasty Egypt.

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