2. TUTANKHAMUN WAS ONLY THE AGE OF NINE WHEN HE BECAME THE KING
OF EGYPT DURING THE 18th CENTURY OF THE NEW KINGDOM.HIS STORY
WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST TO HISTORY IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE DISCOVERY
OF HUS TOMB IN 1922 BY ARCHAELOGIST HOWARD CARTER IN VALLEY OF
THE KINGS.
TUTANKHAMUN’S TOMB ENTERED BY HOWARD CARTER
3. TUTANKHAMUN RULED AFTER THE
AMARNA AGE, WHEN THE PHARAOH
AKHENATEN, TUTANKHAMUN’S
PROBABLE FATHER TURNED THE
RELIGIOUS ATTENTION OF THE KINGDOM
TO WORSHIP GOD ATEN, THE SUN DISC.
AKHNETAN MOVED HIS CAPITAL CITY TO
THE SITE OF AKHETATEN, KNOWN AS
AMARNA,IN MIDDLE EGYPT FAR FROM
THE PREVIOUS PHARAOH’S CAPITAL.
4. AFTER AKHENATON’S DEATH AND
RULE OF A SHORT LIVED PHAROAH,
SMENKHKARE, TUTANKHAMEN
SHIFTED THE FOCUS OF THE
COUNTRY’S WORSHIP BACK TO GOD
AMUN AND RETURNED THE
RELIGIOUS CENTER BACK TO
THEBES.
THEBES
GOD AMUN
5. TUTANKHAMUN MARRIED HIS HALF SISTER,
ANKHESENAMUN,BUT THEY DID NOT
PRODUCE A HEIR. THIS LEFT THE LINE OF
SUCCESSION UNCLEAR.TUTANKHAMUN DIED
AT A YOUNG AGE OF EIGHTEEN, LEADING
MANY SCHOLARS TO SPECULATE ON THE
MANNER OF HIS DEATH- CHARIOT
ACCIDENT, MURDER BY BLOW TO THE
HEAD, AND EVEN A HIPPOPOTAMUS
ATTACK! THE ANSWER IS STILL UNCLEAR .
TUTANKHAUMN’S MUCH OLDER
ADVISOR(AND POSSIBLE STEP-
GRANDFATHER),AY, MARRIED
ANKHESENAMUN AND BECAME PHARAOH.
ANKHESENAMUN
6. TUTANKHAMUN WAS BURIED IN A TOMB THAT
WAS UNUSUALLY SMALL CONSIDERING HIS
STATUS. HIS DEATH MAY HAVE OCCURRED
UNEXPECTEDLY, BEFORE THE COMPLETION OF
A GRANDER ROYAL TOMB, CAUSING HIS MUMMY
TO BE BURIED IN A TOMB INTENDED FOR
SOMEONE ELSE. THIS WOULD PRESERVE THE
OBSERVANCE OF THE CUSTOMARY 70 DAYS
BEFORE DEATH AND BURIAL. HIS TOMB WAS
ROBBED AT LEAST TWICE IN ANTIQUITY, BUT
BASED ON THE ITEMS TAKEN AND THE
EVIDENCE OF RESTORATION OF THE TOMB
AFTER INTRUSIONS, THESE ROBBERIES
LIKELY TOOK PLACE WITHIN SEVERAL MONTHS
AT MOST OF THE INITIAL BURIAL. THE
LOCATION OF THE TOMB WAS LOST BECAUSE
IT HAD COME TO BE BURIED BY DEBRIS FROM
SUBSEQUENT TOMBS, AND WORKRS’ HOUSES
WERE BUILT OVER THE TOMB ENTRANCE.
