Tutankhamun alternatively spelled with Tutenkh-, -amen, -amon) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty (ruled c. 1332–1323 BC in the conventional chronology), during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom or sometimes the New Empire Period.

1. Discovering Tut :
The Saga Continues
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2. Introduction
King Tutankhamen is one of the most
famous pharaohs ever to reign. He
actually didn’t get too much accomplished
in his ten years as pharaoh. The reason
King Tut is so famous is because of his
tomb. His tomb was found in almost
perfect condition which interested
historians and the media. King Tut is a
very well known pharaoh to this day.

3. Discovery Of Tut’s
Tomb
The discovery of tut’s tomb by Howard Carter in
1922 is considered the most important
archaeological find of the century. After years
of painstaking work in the Valley of the Kings,
Carter's patron, lord Carnarvon, had warned him
that that would be the last season of work
because nothing significant had been found. On
November 22 of that year, Carter's persistence
finally paid off. Tutankhamun became a household
name, and his magnificent treasures became the
measuring stick for all future archaeological
discoveries. The mysteries surrounding his life
and death are gradually being solved. And his
story continues to unfold as new theories are
proposed in an attempt to explain what really
happened to the boy behind the golden mask.

5. Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th
dynasty.
He ruled ca. 1332 BC – 1323 BC in the conventional
chronology, during the period of Egyptian history known as
the New Kingdom. He is popularly referred to as King Tut.
His original name, Tutankhaten, means "Living Image
of Aten", while Tutankhamun means "Living Image
of Amun". In hieroglyphs, the name Tutankhamun was
typically written Amen-tut-ankh, because of a scribal
custom that placed a divine name at the beginning of a
phrase to show appropriate reverence.
He is possibly also the Nibhurrereya of the Amarna letters
, and likely the 18th dynasty king Rathotis who, according
to Manetho, an ancient historian, had reigned for nine
years—a figure that conforms with Flavius Josephus's
version of Manetho's Epitome.

6. Tutankhamun was the son of Akhenaten (formerly
Amenhotep IV) and one of Akhenaten's sisters, or perhaps
one of his cousins.As a prince he was known as
Tutankhaten.
He ascended to the throne in 1333 BC, at the age of
nine or ten, taking the throne name Nebkheperure. His
wet-nurse was a woman called Maia, known from her
tomb at Saqqara A teacher was most likely Sennedjem.
When he became king, he married his half-sister,
Ankhesenpaaten, who later changed her name
to Ankhesenamun.
They had two daughters, both stillborn. Computed
tomography studies released in 2011 revealed that one
daughter died at 5–6 months of pregnancy and the other at
9 months of pregnancy. No evidence was found in either
mummy of congenital anomalies or an apparent cause of
death.

7. ANCESTRY OF KING TUT

9. Tut’s Life
• REIGN : GIVEN HIS AGE, THE KING PROBABLY HAD VERY
POWERFUL ADVISERS, PRESUMABLY INCLUDING
GENERALHOREMHEB AND THE VIZIER AY.HOREMHEB RECORDS
THAT THE KING APPOINTED HIM "LORD OF THE LAND" AS
HEREDITARY PRINCE TO MAINTAIN LAW. HE
ALSO NOTED HIS ABILITY TO CALM THE YOUNG KING WHEN
HIS TEMPER FLARED.
• DOMESTIC POLICY:IN HIS THIRD REGNAL YEAR, TUTANKHAMUN
REVERSED SEVERAL CHANGES MADE DURING HIS FATHER'S
REIGN. HE ENDED THE WORSHIP OF THE GOD ATEN AND
RESTORED THE GOD AMUN TO SUPREMACY. THE BAN ON THE
CULT OF AMUN WAS LIFTED AND TRADITIONAL PRIVILEGES
WERE RESTORED TO ITS PRIESTHOOD. THE CAPITAL WAS
MOVED BACK TO THEBES AND THE CITY OF AKHETATEN
ABANDONED.

10. 6 SECRETS OF KING TUT

11. BOOKS WRITTEN ON KING TUT

13. Burial treasures of Tut
• The treasures of Tutankhamun have
been marveled at since their
discovery by Howard Carter on
November 4, 1922. It was the first,
and to this day the only, royal tomb
in the history of Egyptology to be
found practically untouched, even
though in ancient times it had been
the object of no less than two
attempts at robbery. The emptying
of Tutankhamun's tomb lasted several
years and made possible the recovery
of about 3500 articles, confirming
the tomb as the most exceptional
archeological discovery ever made in
Egypt.

14. • Tutankhamun's famous gold funerary mask
rested directly on the pharaoh's mummy
inside the third coffin. The pharaoh wears
the classic names headdress striped with
transversal bands of glass paste imitating
lapis lazuli and is adorned with a wide
collar composed of streaks of semiprecious
stones and colored glasses.
• The foremost and furthermost gilded wood
statuettes portray Tutankhamun hunting
hippopotamus with a harpoon from a boat
made of papyrus.
• One of the two calcite lamps found in
Tutankhamun's burial chamber. The cup
takes the form of an open lotus flower and
is flanked on both sides by rich, openwork
decoration in which the god Heh is depicted
kneeling on a number of papyrus plants with
his arms raised.

15. • A cobra killed Howard Carter's pet canary
after the discovery of King Tut's tomb.
• Lord Carnarvon, the person who funded the
dig of King Tut’s Tomb, died shortly
after the discovery, due to a mosquito
bite which turned into an infection. At
that exact moment the lights in Cairo
mysteriously went out.
• Lord Carnarvon's dog howled and dropped
dead at two in the morning when Carnarvon
died.
• What is interesting is that Howard Carter
lived a decade after this major discovery.

17. There are no surviving records of Tutankhamun's final days. What caused
Tutankhamun's death has been the subject of considerable debate. Major studies have
been conducted in an effort to establish the cause.
Although there is some speculation that Tutankhamun was assassinated, the
consensus is that his death was accidental. A CT scan taken in 2005 shows that he had
badly broken his leg shortly before his death, and that the leg had become infected.
DNA analysis conducted in 2010 showed the presence of malaria in his system. It is
believed that these two conditions (malaria and leiomyomata) combined, led to his
death. He was buried in the Valley of the Kings. Two mummified fetuses were found in
coffins that had been sealed by his name. These are believed to have been his children
that were born prematurely.

18. BBC - February 16, 2010
The Egyptian "boy king" Tutankhamun may well have died
of malaria after the disease ravaged a body crippled by a
rare bone disorder, experts say. The findings could lay to
rest conspiracy theories of murder. The scientists in Egypt
spent the last two years scrutinizing the mummified
remains of the 19-year old pharaoh to extract his blood and
DNA.
National Geographic - February 16, 2010
A new DNA study says, King Tut was a frail pharaoh, beset
by malaria and a bone disorder - his health possibly
compromised by his newly discovered incestuous
origins."He was not a very strong pharaoh. He was not
riding the chariots," said study team member Carsten
Pusch, a geneticist at Germany's University of Tubingen.
"Picture instead a frail, weak boy who had a bit of a club
foot and who needed a cane to walk.“

19. Like the majority of the wealthy and royal population in ancient Egypt, Tutankhamun
was mummified. Mummification was considered essential for the spiritual part of
someone's body to continue on into the afterlife.
Tutankhamun's mummy has never left the Valley of Kings, since his mummification.
When he died, there were many pieces of jewelry found inside his body. British
archaeologist, Howard Carter discovered his tomb on November 4, 1922.
Tutankhamun's tomb is now protected by climate-control to make sure nothing
happens to his mummy.

21. King Tut’s Death Continued…
• The idea of King Tut being murdered was strongly
insisted by Bob Brier
• He believed that Ay (a high ranking official) had killed
King Tut
• Ay was given the throne after King Tut’s death
which would of given him motive to get rid of Tut
• Ankhesenamun was forced to marry Ay after King
Tut passed away
• That is what gave him the right to gain leadership
over Egypt

22. Conclusion
King Tut is a very famous pharaoh
who didn’t get a lot accomplished as
pharaoh but is very well known for is
well kept tomb. The discovery of his
tomb got the media crazy. Whether you
want to believe the Mummy’s Curse or
that King Tut was murdered that is up
to you but King Tut was a very good
pharaoh considering he took the throne
at such a young age.

23. One of the two calcite lamps found in Tutankhamun's burial chamber.
The cup takes the form of an open lotus flower and is flanked on both sides by rich,
openwork decoration in which the god Heh is depicted kneeling on a number of
papyrus plants with his arms raised.

24. The gilded wood Canopic Shrine contained the Canopic Chest pictured above.
The outer canopy of this shrine consists of four corner posts supporting a cavetto
cornice surmounted by a continuous frieze of uraei inlaid with colored glass and
faience.
Between the posts, on each of the four sides, stands an elegant guardian goddess of
gilded wood - Isis, Nephthys, Neith and Selkis, each identified by the hieroglyph upon
her head.

25. Early life of A.R.Williams
• A R Williams lives in Virginia.
• A.R. Williams developed a love for reading at a very
young age and in the fourth grade, when an assignment
to write their own works of fiction was given(A R
Williams wrote a book called journey to planet X), it
occurred to him that he too could have the ability to
craft tales for others to enjoy. The heroes of his
story were him and his four friends of his
neighborhood.
• Although A.R. did not pursue this desire right away, he
continued to have a voracious appetite for reading from
the amazing comics of Spider-Man, The X-Men, and Elf
Quest, to the fantasy stories of Weiss and Hickman in
the "Dragonlance Chronicles", and the science fiction
adventures of Miles and Aral Vorkosigan in Lois
McMaster Bujold's stories about Barrayar.

26. As the mummy of King Tut was glided for performing
a CT scan, angry winds stirred and dark clouds
covered the stars. His scan was being done to
unearth the mysteries that had surrounded his death.
The mummy was in a very bad state, according to
Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme
Council of Antiquities. King Tut’s tomb was first
discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter, a British
archaeologist.
Carter investigated the three nested coffins. In the
first, a shroud adorned with garlands of willow and
olive leaves, wild celery, lotus petals and cornflowers
were found. This gave vague evidence that the death
might have taken place in the month of March or
April.

27. Amenhotep III (Tut’s father or grandfather)
ruled for almost four decades during the
18th dynasty golden age. He was
succeeded by his son Amenhotep IV who
pioneered one of the odd periods in the
history of ancient Egypt. He made some
drastic and unpleasant changes. He
promoted the worship of the Aten, the Sun
disk, and changed his name to Akhenaten.
He moved the religious capital to the new
city of Akhetaten. He made some drastic
unpleasant changes.

28. Tutankhamun or King Tut as he’s widely known today, died as
a teenage pharaoh (ancient Egyptian king) and buried laden
with gold. He was the last heir of the family of rulers who had
ruled Egypt for centuries. His unexpected demise was a big
event and the reasons for his death remained unclear. Two of
the biggest questions are still unanswered about him – “how
did he die, and how old was he at the time of his death?”
In the year 2005, (more than 3,300 years after his death), King
Tut’s mummy became one of the first mummies to undergo a
CT scan-“in death, as in life, moving regally ahead of his
countrymen.” The CT scan was led by Zahi Hawass and done
with a portable CT machine. The scan came up with new clues
about his life and death. It provided precise data for an
accurate forensic reconstruction of King Tut. Due to sand in
the cooler fan of the CT machine, they had to use two plastic
fans to complete the scanning process.