Archaeologists have always been amazed by the existing depictions of Akhenaten, the great pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty, who introduced a form of monotheism to Egypt in mid-1300 BC. Akhenaton fact is constantly represented in bas-reliefs and statues with a distinctly feminine physical characteristics, as well that with an unusually elongated skull. To the point that some have suggested that in reality was a woman, a fact belied by the fact however that may be assigned at least six daughters. Dr. Irwin Braverman, who teaches history of medicine at Yale University, has developed a theory on the appearance of Pharaoh, to be submitted during the annual meeting of the University of Maryland dedicated to the diseases and the reasons for the deaths of historic figures.
According to Braverman, the pharaoh was a real "mutant", or the victim of a genetic mutation that alters the hormonal functions, increasing the presence of female hormones in her body. From this follows, says the student "look androgynous of Pharaoh, who had a physical markedly among women, with basin wide and breast, and yet were men and had children. "His wife was the beautiful Queen Nefertiti.
According to the Egyptologist and archaeologist Donald B. Redford, the theory of Braverman is interesting, although scholars have generally agreed that Akhenaton was suffering from "Marfan syndrome", a disease that affects on the physical features resulting stretched. Other hypotheses by examining the "Klinefelter's syndrome" and other diseases like that.
Many questions would be clarified if Egyptologists were able to identify without hesitation on the mummy of Akhenaten and the Egyptian government gave permission to conduct investigations on the DNA. Braveman hopes that his theory can help to increase the research on this matter.
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