DNA tests to study mummy fetuses in King Tut tomb

By SALAH NASRAWI , Associated Press Writer, General Science / Archaeology & Fossils

In this undated photo released by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008, Zahi Hawass, head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, right uncover along with an aid the two mummified fetuses found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922, during preparations for a DNA test in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian scientists are carrying out DNA tests on two mummified fetuses found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun to determine whether they are the young pharaoh's children, Egyptian antiquity authorities said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Supreme Council of Antiquities)

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(AP) -- Egyptian scientists are carrying out DNA tests on two mummified fetuses found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun to determine whether they are the young pharaoh's offspring, the antiquities authority said Wednesday.

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