Photo: King Tut Tomb Fetuses May Reveal Pharaoh's Mother

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One of two mummified fetuses originally found in King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 is seen in a handout picture released on August 7, 2008, by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities.

Scientists will conduct DNA tests on the mummified fetuses to determine their relationship to the famous boy pharaoh, Egyptian officials announced today.

Photograph by EPA/Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities/HO

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