It has long been speculated, as well as much-disputed, that the body found in this tomb was that of the famous Pharaoh Akhenaten, who moved the capital to Amarna. The results of genetic and other scientific tests published in February 2010 have confirmed that the person buried there was both the son of Amunhotep III as well as the father of Tutankhamun. Furthermore, the study established that the age of this person at the time of his death was consistent with that of Akhenaten's, thereby making it almost certain that it is Akhenaten's body.However, a growing body of work soon began to appear to dispute the assessment of the age of the mummy and the identification of KV55 as Akhenaten . The tomb is often referred to as the Amarna cache, given the mixed nature of its contents.
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Identifying the body in KV 55.
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