He was revered as a living god, the most famous of a glittering dynasty who ruled over one of the world's greatest civilisations.

But a new theory suggests the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun and many of his immediate predecessors suffered from an all too common affliction - the dreaded man boobs.

Hutan Ashrafian, a British surgeon, believes it could explain the reason for King Tut's death in his teens - a question that has baffled historians for decades.