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This 6 page paper discusses the legendary boy King of Egypt, his rise to power and his untimely death. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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from what we can tell; this paper considers two aspects of it: his climb to power and his death. Discussion There are several reasons why "King Tut" fascinates us today.
For one thing, he was only approximately 18 when he died, inciting speculation that he was murdered. And secondly, his tomb was found intact in 1922, one of the very
few to have been located before it was disturbed; the riches within are so extraordinary-especially the gold funeral mask-that they have become legendary. King Tuts original name is
Tutankhaten; he reigned from 1333-23 BC.1 Solid evidence about the early Egyptian rulers is difficult to find, mostly because the people we are studying are of such antiquity that almost
everything to do with them has been lost. Therefore, most of what we know is uncertain and is suggested by circumstantial evidence. Much of what we know about King
Tut has been revealed by a medical examination of the mummy; that examination shows that he was "probably a brother of Smenkhkare, his immediate predecessor, and son-in-law of the great
King Akhenaton, with whom Smenkhkare was coregent."2 Circumstantial evidence found at Tell el-Amarna, which was Akhenatons capital city, then called Akhetaton, indicates that King Tut "probably" became king after Smenkhkare
and Akhenaton died.3 (It would have been difficult for him to become king before they died, wouldnt it?) In addition, seals found at Tell-el-Amarna indicate that Tutankhamun lived there during
the first years of his kingship; in addition, he was married "to Akhenatons third daughter, probably the eldest surviving princess of the royal family, to solidify his claim to the
throne." 4 This suggests that dynastic marriages were not love matches, but political alliances; often Pharaohs married their next of kin. At any rate, Tutankhaten was very young at the
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