PHARAOH

TUTANKHAMEN

INTRODUCTION

King Tutankhamen is one

of the most famous

pharaohs ever to reign.

King Tut is famous for his

tomb and his unknowing

mysterious death King

Tut had.

King Tut reigned for

almost 9 years.

The Early Life of

Tutankhamun

o Tutankhamun’s given

name was Tutankhaten

which meant “Living

image of Aten”

o His parent are most likely

to be King Akhenaten and

Nefertiti. He spent his

childhood in Egypt's new

capital, Armana

Computer Reconstruction

LIFE AS PHARAOH

Akhenaten died when Tut was only

eight or nine years old.

One of the first actions took by

King Tut was to reestablish the old

ways of Amun religion.

He restored the orthodox belief in

the pantheon of the gods.

King Tut had married his half sister,

Ankhesenamun, who’s parent were

Akhenaten and Nefertiti.

Child King Tut (center) plays marbles with other royal children

KING TUT’S DEATHI. Many historians couldn’t figure

out what caused King Tut’s

death.

II. In 1986, Ronald Harrison took a

x-ray of the head.

III. He found that some fragments of

bone were in his skull.

IV. They found that the position of

impact was not an area which

could have been damaged

accidentally.

V. This gave a clue that there could

have been an injury including his

head.

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.

Horemhab was also a suspect (He was also a high ranking official that

helpful Tut with his decision

Later, after Ay died he got the throne and restored life back to the old

traditonal ways . That might have give him the motive to kill Tut

Evidences show it can be a case of murder, but actual scene nobody

knows

DISCOVERY King Tut’s tomb was found in The

Valley of The Kings on November 4th,

1922

It was discovered by Howard Carter

and Lord Carnarvon

The tomb found to be damaged, it

might be because of robbery

There are many valuables left

untouched that are now in the Cairo

Museum for all to view.

The digging for the tomb began on

Nov 1st 1921

The dig was intended to start on Nov

1st, 1914 but delayed due to the World

War 1

DISCOVERER OF KING TUT

Lord Carnarvon Howard Carter

DISCOVERY CONTINUED

The dig resumed in1921

They initially started digging near

Ramsies VI’s tomb hoping that King

Tutankhamen was buried near him

While near Ramsies VI’s tomb the

workers were told to break the old

workmen’s hut under which they

revealed staircase

The step were cleared and down that

stairs King Tut lied.

Mannequin of

Tutankhamun

ROBBERY

Robbers broke into King Tut’s

tomb soon after he was buried

They later caught and the tomb

was again organised and sealed

Later for more protection,

workmen built a hut over the

King’s tomb

After a flooding caused the tomb

to be hidden for thousands of

years

THE CURSE OF MUMMY

The curse was that “If anyone who disturbs the King will be cursed by the wrath of the mummy”

Lord Carnarvon who discovered the tomb died shortly after the discovery

He died from a bite of a mosquito which aggravated by shaving. It then became infected and he was soon running a temperature. However , he suffered from a contracted pneumonia, which caused him death.

Howard Carter died of lymphoma, at the age of 64. His natural death so long after the opening of the tomb, is the piece of evidence most commonly put forward by sceptics to refute the idea of a “Curse of the Pharaoh”

But Howard Carter faced a bad life as he damaged the King’s Mummy badly and lost it value a bit.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Carter

www.touregypt.net/featurestories/carnarvon.htm

http://www.biography.com/people/king-tut-9512446

www.kingtutone.com/tutankhamun