Nahomy Covarrubias
December 2, 2014
-.- My Research Webpage

King Tutankhamun

In Mrs. Hill's class we have a project that we have to do. My subject is the pharaoh Tutankhamun. This webpage will have info about him and his short life. Learn at your own risk, again. ^.^


~Early Life~

Tutankhamun's dad was Akhenaten. Akhenaten made everyone worship only one god and that god was Aten. In 1341 B.C. Tutankhamun was born and his dad gave him the name Tutankhaten which means "living image of Aten". Later his dad died and left the throne to him Tutankhamun. When Tutankhamun took the throne he changed his name to Tutankhamun which means "living image of Amun". Tutankhamun was to young to take the throne so he had help from one of the top generals in his army. Once Tutankhamun was old enough he took over and made everyone worship many gods once again.


                            

~King Tut and Akhesenamun~

Tutankhamun married very young. He married his half-sister Ankhesenamun. Ankhesenamun was the daughter of Nefertiti and Ikhanaton. Since King Tut and Akhesenamun didn't have any children, there was no one to take the throne once King Tut died. Akhesenamun remarried and disappeared from history and the throne was given to someone else.


Tutankhamun's Death

Tutankhamun died in 1323 B.C. Scientist and historians believe that Tutankhamun had malaria, a bone disorder, and gangrene. He might have gotten gangrene from an infected wound. He might have fallen of a chariot and broke his leg. Then his broken bone pierced threw his skin nd that wound got infected. Gangrene is when you start rotting from the inside.


The King's Tomb

King Tut was put in a smaller tomb because he wasn't very big pharaoh at the time. Tutankhamun's tomb entrance was covered by debris from another pharaoh's tomb. King Tut's tomb was thought of as lost for a very long time because there was no history of where the tomb was located, but Howard Carter found it at last. Carter had help from Lord Carnarvon and Carnarvon's son George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert. Howard looked for many years and Carnarvon got tired of looking. Carter made Carnarvon give him another chance. Carter went to the Valley of The Kings and searched. One of the workers found a step in the ground. Howard and Carnarvon dug up the rest of the steps to Tutankhamun's tomb. Carter Found the entrance to the tomb on November 5th, 1922. On this day Carter said a very famous sentence. Carnarvon asked Howard, "What do you see?" and Howard said "Wonderful things". Many were happy but many were frightened. They thought that they had let out a curse on all the people that disturbed the king.
                                                                                 


The Treasures Inside

Inside of Tutankhamun's tomb there were many treasures of his. Some of those treasures were his death mask, a tabernacle, a gold throne, a funeral bed, and his crook and flail.