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Akhenaten and the strange physiques of Egypt's 18th dynasty.
Annals of internal medicine - 21 Apr 2009
Braverman Irwin M, Redford Donald B, Mackowiak Philip A
Abstract excerpt
Akhenaten was one of Egypt's most controversial pharaohs, in part because of his strange appearance in images produced after he had declared Aten, the Sun-disc, his one-and-only god. Whether these were symbolic representations or realistic ones that indicate a deforming genetic disorder is the subject of continuing debate. The authors present evidence that the bizarre physical features portrayed in these images...
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