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BBC Chinese, Dec 18, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... amesses_death.shtml
 
 , which is translated from
 
 Michelle Roberts, King Ramesses III's Throat Was Slit, Analysis Reveals.
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20755264
 
 Note:
 (a)
 (i) Ramesses III (born ? - died 1155 BC; reign 1186–1155 BC)  Wikipedia
 (ii) Ramesses
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses
 (The name essentially translates as "Born of the sun-god Ra")
 (iii) Ra
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra
 (the ancient Egyptian solar deity; "The meaning of the name is uncertain, but it is thought that if not a word for 'sun' it may be a variant of or linked to words meaning 'creative power' and 'creator'")
 (b)
 (i) Judicial Papyrus of Turin "is an ancient Egyptian record of the trials held against conspirators plotting to assassinate Ramesses III in what is referred to as the 'harem conspiracy.'  The papyrus contains mostly summaries of the accusations, convictions and punishments meted out."
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_Papyrus_of_Turin
 (ii) Turin Papyrus
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin_Papyrus
 (Turin Papyrus refers to any papyrus manuscript in the collection of the Museo Egizio (Egyptian Museum) at Turin, Italy. The best known of these manuscripts include: [among others] Judicial Papyrus of Turin)
 (c) Valley of the Kings
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_the_Kings
 (d) The report says, "They [paleopathologist] could see a Horus eye amulet embedded in the wound."
 (i) Eye of Horus
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Horus
 (ii) Horus
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horus
 (section 1 Etymology)
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