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
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
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