Did the Egyptians mold their infants heads? Cuz his head looks odd.


...At first glance Antón noted that the unusual-looking skull (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/05/0511_050511_kingtutface_2.html) could have been that of a female—an observation also later made by Yale University's Anderson. Tut's skull exhibited several characteristics more commonly found on females: a cranium that is elongated toward the back, a receding chin, and an almost nonexistant browridge (the bony ridge under the eyebrows)....

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/05/photogalleries/tut_mummy/images/primary/tut6.jpg

Some cultures do deform their babies heads to make them more beautiful.

LOL, I know.
Did the early Egyptians??

They may have bound the baby's head, it takes time for the fontanelles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontanelle) to get set.

Ah I was right:

The practice of head deformation by pressure to an infant's skull dates back to 2000 BC when the Ancient Egyptians used head binding to produce a cosmetically pleasing and fashionable skull shape.1 With an increasing incidence of plagiocephaly (asymmetric skull) this practice, with a modern slant, is re-emerging. A simple web search resulted in five "paediatric offices" offering such a service. If an Ancient Egyptian walked into clinic today with their child's head bound between two planks of wood, we would be informing social services.

http://adc.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/86/3/144

do they think this was done to Tut?

It would appear so, but I'd have to find some way of confirming the information to agree without reservation.

Looks like it could have been, but I am not certain.

was it royalty only? Males only?

Hell, you should have seen his dad:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Akhenaten%2C_Nefertiti_and_their_children.jpg/800px-Akhenaten%2C_Nefertiti_and_their_children.jpg

A heretic and a freak of nature.

Akhenaten wasn't his father, Akhenaten had six daughters one of which married Tutankhamun.

was it royalty only? Males only?

As I remember it was mostly females from nobility, but I may be wrong.

so was it a family deformity from inbreeding, or was his head molded?

I believe there is a scientific name for a skull like that...encephalocaboose.

I believe there is a scientific name for a skull like that...encephalocaboose.

I though it was "Headuphisass" syndrome! ;)

Infant Head Banding was done all over the world in ancient times.