In 1323
B.C., a very young Egyptian pharaoh died. Tutankhamun, or King Tut as people
call him,,is
the best known Pharaoh of ancient Egypt. He was most likely to be the son
of Akhenaten, a king of the 18th dynasty. His mother was probably Queen
Kiya, one of the two wives of Akhenaten. Ankhesenpeeten, his older half
sister, became his queen. When he was nine, he sat at the throne in 1333
B.C. He reigned until his death at the age of 17 or 18 years old. Some
think that he was murdered and others think that he was deliberately sent
into battle and was killed. However his cause of death is unknown. People
who believe that he was murdered point at the hole in his skull as evidence.
His body was badly preserved so we may never know the true fate of this
young, but famous pharaoh.
Howard Carter found King Tut's
tomb. He was in Egypt looking for anything that had not been discovered
already. He had been in Egypt for many years and he and his crew of archaeologists
had not even found a broken peice of pot; so they say. The crew was getting
angry. Everyone gave up except for Howard Carter. Then he realized that
there was one spot he hadn't looked. So they journeyed to that place expecting
to find nothing. Howard Carter was digging, he found a step! He kept digging.
Then he found another step, and then there was a whole flight of stair's
descending to the tomb were Tutankhamun lie in his eternal slumber. When
they opened the tomb they asked Howard Carter what he saw. He said:
"I see wondrous things"
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