King Tut
King Tutankhamun was the pharaoh of Egypt from 1334 to 1324 B.C. If his tomb hadn't been discovered in 1922, nobody would have known his name. King Tut succeeded his father's throne at the age of 9 and only ruled for ten years; he died at the age of 19 from malaria, a leg fracture, and congenital deformities as a result of inbreeding. So much for the belief that a "pure bloodline" would benefit the Egyptian royal family...
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