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[jimstinehart AT aol.com]

George Athas:

The article you cite gives one scenario, but it's not the most likely one.  
The new news is that it seems to have now been confirmed, as long suspected, 
that Tut's mother was a full-sister of Akhenaten.  Nothing in inscriptions 
suggests that Akhenaten married his full-sister and fathered Tut by her.  Tut 
frequently refers to Amenhotep III as "father", and never refers to Akhenaten 
as "father".  More likely is that Amenhotep III is the biological father of 
Tut, and a daughter of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye is Tut's biological 
mother.  That fits the DNA evidence, and makes much more sense historically.  
It requires a long co-regency, but that fits the dating of the Amarna Letters 
better than the alternative of there being no co-regency.

Akhenaten's known actions make sense only if, like Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, 
Akhenaten was a younger son and early semi-monotheist who had a terrible time 
siring a son by his beloved main wife.

Jim Stinehart
Evanston, Illinois






-----Original Message-----
From: George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tue, Feb 16, 2010 3:25 pm
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Akhenaton (Was: The King's road: Bezer)


This discussion has taken a turn towards some highly suspect historical 
ethodology. So, I thought I'd try to bring it back on track with largely 
angential but interesting piece on DNA research carried out on the body on 
utankhamun. It has repercussions for our understanding of his father, 
khenaton.
Thos interested in this historical research can go to the following link for 
the 
rticle.
>From 
><http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/02/100216-king-tut-malaria-bones-inbred-tutankhamun/>
See also <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/science/17tut.html?hp>
I'm not out to discuss this article here at B-Hebrew. I just thought the list 
embers may find it interesting as an example of well conducted research.

EORGE ATHAS
oore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
ww.moore.edu.au
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