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
6 5 December 2014 The ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, also known as King Tut, was one of the most famous and young pharaohs to ever rule over Egypt. Tutankhamun was the 12th Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, which is also known as the New Kingdom. His tomb was discovered in the Valley of Kings in the year 1922. From looking inside of his tomb researchers have gathered lots of information about his life. King Tutankhamun was born in the city of Circa in 1341 B.C.E. He ruled over Egypt
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
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