About Tutankhamun

Tutankhamun ( King Tut ) – ( The Young King )

Tutankhamun was one of the Egyptian Pharaohs of the 18th dynasty in the history of ancient Egypt , he was the Pharaoh of Egypt from 1336 to 1327 BC. .

Tutankhamun lived in a transitional period in the history of ancient Egypt where he came after Akhenaten who tried to unify the gods of ancient Egypt in the form of the same God . In his era was return to the worship of multiple gods of ancient Egypt .

Tutankhamun began life with the name Tutankhaten that , and he became pharaoh of Egypt when he was about 9 years old . During the same of his reign year he married Ankhesenpaaten - his half sister – which was the third daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti . Not long after Tutankhamun became pharaoh specifically After two or three years of his reign , due to pressure from the traditionalists OR bowing to political pressure ; he changed his name from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun . The queen Ankhesenpaaten also changed her name to Ankhesenamun .

 

 

 

 

 

Notes :

1 - Tutankhamun's Original Name was Tutankhaten that means " The Living Image of The God Aten " .

2 - Tutankhamun's Birth Name was " Tutankhamun " that means " The Living Image of The God Amun " . And " Heqa-Iunu-Shema " in Egyptian Hieroglyphs that means " Ruler of Heliopolis of Upper Egypt " .

3 – Tutankhamun's Throne Name was " Neb-Kheperu-Re " in Egyptian Hieroglyphs that means " The Lord of Transformations Re "

 

Cartouche of Tutankhamun's Birth Name           Cartouche of Tutankhamun's Throne Name

Tutankhamun is the most famous pharaohs , for reasons not related to the achievements made or wars won by as is the case with a lot of the Pharaohs , but for other reasons are important from a historical perspective and the most notable is the discovery of his tomb and treasures in full without any damage .

The Ancestry of Tutankhamun's back to grandfather King Amenhotep III , who had Begotten from his major wives " Queen Tiye " his son Amenhotep IV ; known as Akhenaten - The Heretic King - ( The Father Of Tutankhamun ) that was married Queen Nefertiti – Stepmother - OR Kiya that she was believed to be the mother of Tutankhamun , This is based on DNA tests conducted .

 Tutankhamun from the back of his gold throne and Kiya his mother

 

Tutankhamun died at the age of 18 or 19 , And the mystery who surrounding the circumstances of his death , that many considered the death of Pharaoh at a very early age is not normal , especially with the presence of traces of fractures of the thigh bone and skull and the marriage of his vizier " Ay " from his widow " Ankhesenamun " after his death declaring himself Pharaoh . All of these mysterious events and heavy usage of the legend of the curse of the pharaohs associated with the tomb of Tutankhamun , made him famous Pharaohs for mysteries and unanswered questions have considered the oldest assassinations in the history of humanity .

His tomb was discovered in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings by British archaeologist " Howard Carter " . And this discovery has created a media frenzy and widespread in the world.

Cause of death

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 of death .

Although there is some speculation that Tutankhamun was assassinated , the general consensus is that his death was accidental . 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 combined led to his death .

Discovery of tomb

Tutankhamun seems to have faded from public consciousness in Ancient Egypt within a short time after his death , and he remained virtually unknown until the 1920s . His tomb was robbed at least twice in antiquity , but based on the items taken ( including perishable oils and perfumes ) and the evidence of restoration of the tomb after the intrusions , it seems clear that these robberies took place within several months at most of the initial burial . Eventually the location of the tomb was lost because it had come to be buried by stone chips from subsequent tombs , either dumped there or washed there by floods . In the years that followed , some huts for workers were built over the tomb entrance , clearly not knowing what lay beneath . When at the end of the twentieth dynasty the Valley of the Kings burials were systematically dismantled , the burial of Tutankhamun was overlooked , presumably because knowledge of it had been lost and his name may have been forgotten .

 

Tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings