King Tutankhamun: The 11th Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt King Tutankhamun (Tut) was a ruler in ancient Egypt for a very short time. Tut is estimated to have been born between 1330 and 1340 BC, and became ruler of Egypt nearly 10 years later. At the time of his rule, there was nothing about Tut that surfaces as interesting or impressive, specifically consider that his reign was so short and came about at such a young age (BBC, 2014). Tut was notorious mostly for the fact that his
are a king. That’s what King Tut was, at age 9 he ruled Egypt. Unfortunately King Tut only ruled Egypt for 10 years because he died, unexpectedly, at age 19. His death was a mystery, but the biggest mystery was where his tomb was hidden. King Tut died around 1324 BCE and when you’re a King, you get many, many riches. All the riches, or most of the riches are buried when the King dies. So of course, a few people really wanted to find his tomb. King Tut’s tomb was found in the Valley of Kings, and
King Tut is most likely the most famous Egyptian King in the world. King Tut also known as Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh during the 18th dynasty. This point in time was known as the New Kingdom. He was born to the Akhenaten, his father who ruled over the land, also, in the 18th dynasty. His father ruled for over 17 years until his death sometime around 1334-1336 BC. It was confirmed that Akhenaten was his father in the year 2010 when DNA testing was done on the mummified remains. His mother
Egypt Project Research In 1922, Howard Carter opened up King Tut’s tomb for the first time in over 3,000 years. King Tut himself was born at Akhetaten, which was the capital city of Egypt. He was born in about the year 1346 BC. King Tut became king and pharaoh at the young age of nine and ruled during the 18th dynasty when the Egyptian empire was at it’s peak. The reason that King Tut is so well known today is that his tomb, containing fabulous treasures, was found by British archaeologists Howard
King Tutankhamun (also known as King Tut or Tutankhamen) is the most famous Pharaoh in the modern world. Tutankhamun means ‘living image of Amun’. He was born in the year of the reign Pharaoh Amenhotep IV (also known as Akhenaten) 1345BC, until his early death in 1327BC while he was still only a young boy aged 18. About 3000 years later, he became the famous pharaoh he is today when the archaeologist Howard Carter and his sponsor, Lord Carnarvon, discovered his almost-intact tomb in the Valley of