SSS 2011-06-10（在线收听）

The tomb of king Tutenkhamen better know as King Tut, has raised many questions over the years, what killed the young king, and what's the weird stuff on the walls, since the tomb was opened in 1922, tourists have peered the elaborately painted walls, and some strange brown stain.

Are the brown spots caused by the contamination from visitors, are they the threatening the paintings, or the health of the tourists?The Egyptians Supreme council of antiquities ask the G conservation institute, they in turn pose the questions to Harvard microbiologist R.M his lab culture material from spots, and sequenced its DNA, it turns out the brown marks contains M, byproduct of fungus metabolism, but the fungus is no longer alive, and the photos shows that  the spot haven't grown in the past almost 90 years, M think this evidence indicates that King Tut was buried in a hurry.  because the paint on the wall was still wet, and the moisture along with the body, and the food buried there, would've fed the wall fungus, until the tomb ultimately dried out.
 

but why they hasty the funeral. just another intrigue surrounding the boy king.