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Researched by Rachel E.
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King Tutankhamon
King Tut was a famous Egyptian Pharaoh. He assumed the throne when he was nine after Smenkhkare’s death in 1333BC. People really don’t know who his mother or father was but they do have some theories. Scientists think it was either Kiya, who was a lesser wife of Akhenaten, or Queen Tiy who was the royal wife of AmenhotepIII.
In his lifetime, he tried to bring back the old gods that were banished before him in Akhenaten’s reign.
After his death, his wife sent a letter to a ruler of a different country to ask if she could marry one of his sons. The people found out and he was murdered on the border. She later had to marry Ay. Scientist have a theory that Ay was Ahkheseamon’s Grand father. After Ahkheseamon was married to Ay she just disapeared . The scientist think she was either replaced by another wife or she died.
Training
Tutankhamon needed training in politics and balancing influences. During 15-18 years of age he showed that the teachings he got were not wasted. He got his training form his royal adviser Ay and his military captain
Religion
While Tut was growing up, he was introduced into the sun-disk religion. His name was Tutankhaten meaning "the living image of Aten" before he changed it in marriage to Ahkhesenaten. Their names were later changed to Tutankhamon, which meant "the living image of Amon".
While Tut was Pharaoh the old gods came into favor again.
No ministers were killed that worshiped the Aten cult but the religion
just slipped back into secondary life for the common Egyptians.
Tut also went back to the old capital of Thebes instead of the city
of Akhenaten that was built for Akhenaten in his rein.
His tomb was almost untouched by tomb robbers. It was discovered by Howard Carter and Lord Carnivon. It was discovered in 1922 in the Valley of the Tomb. It held his weapons, jewelry, clothes, furniture, musical instruments, death mask, coffin made of solid gold, four senit boards. It also held food and drink for him to use in the afterlife. It held gold servants that were complete with things to use in the fields and to serve him in the afterlife too.
Discovery
Carter had less than two months for complete failure or success . He wanted to find the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamon who lived 3,200 years before him. The Valley of the Kings was the royal burial grounds. It had been part of Thebes, the Capital. It was just a few miles from the Nile westward. Howard Carter and Lord Carnivon found King Tut’s tomb in 1922. Howard was digging at the remains of the builders that made one of Remises tombs and he found plaster steps. He covered them again and called Lord Carnivon who was funding the digs and told him of their discovery. He came down and they dug the plaster steps back up. When they saw the door they saw that tomb robbers had opened the door before. They made a hole in the door and peered inside, they saw lots of gold treasure. They made the hole bigger and they climbed inside. They went through and looked around. They found the burial Chamber and saw his coffin. There were three; the first one was wooden, inlaid with semi precious stones. The second was wooden inlaid with gold and the third one was solid gold and it held his mummy.
Life Under his Reign
For commoners life was the same as it was when anyone else was ruling before Tut. They went along with the things they did everyday like making food and tending the animals, they had.
Name
Some spell it Tutankhamon, Tutankhamun or Tutankhamen. Scientist really don’t know how to, spell Tut’s name because Hornbeb destroyed all monuments with Tutankhamons name on it.
Discoverers
The story was a mistake because Howard lived to be 65 and he entered the tomb first.
Howard quit his job after the discovery and the excavation of the tomb and became an art collector before he died of old age.
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