The Androgynous Pharaoh? Akhenaten had feminine physique
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/ap_on_sc/feminine_pharaoh"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080502/capt.nyol55805020942.feminine_pharaoh_nyol558.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3fQZiW8OUp6VUltsPpjgFQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this Wednesday, July 12, 2000 file photo, a statue of Akhenaten guards the entrance to the Pharaohs of the Sun exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago. A Yale University doctor who analyzed images of Akhenaten for an annual conference at the University of Maryland School of Medicine has concluded that Akhenaten's female form was due to a genetic mutation that caused his body to convert more male hormones to female hormones than needed. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)" border="0" /></a>AP - Akhenaten wasn't the most manly pharaoh, even though he fathered at least a half-dozen children. In fact, his form was quite feminine. And he was a bit of an egghead.</p><br clear="all"/>

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