Luxor4u

It has been thought for many years that Rameses III was murdered, as he died during (or just before) the trial of various conspirators in the Harem Plot. Now after a CT scan on his mummy, the murder has been proven.

"Conspirators murdered Egyptian king Ramesses III by cutting his throat, concludes a study in the Christmas issue published on bmj.com today.

Ramesses III - the second Pharaoh of the 20th dynasty - is believed to have reigned from 1186 to 1155 BC. The discovery of papyrus trial documents show that in 1155 BC members of his harem made an attempt on his life as part of a palace coup.

The conspiracy was led by Tiye, one of his two known wives, and her son Prince Pentawere, over who would inherit the throne, but it is not clear whether the plot was successful or not."

Full article at http://www.bmj.com/press-releases/2012/ ... royal-coup

Ha! you read the same article Stan. I posted a new topic on it earlier but it failed to post to the forum
I wonder why it has taken all these years before someone got around to studying the bodies with the latest techniques....lack of Hawass control maybe?

The full BMJ article with detailed imagery can be found here:
http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e8268

But I am surprised the prince was buried with the king, if it is his body and if he was involved in the death. You'd think they would have thought him too evil and impure, and would sully the king's burial, wouldn't you?