Tutankhamun King of Egypt
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Tutankhamun King of Egypt
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Tutankhamun King of Egypt
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Tutankhamun
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Tutankhamun King of Egypt
Tutankhamun King of Egypt
The Tutankhamun London exhibition
includes information, housed in galleries, based on various themes
including Tutankhamun King of Egypt. Comprehensive facts and information on Tutankhamun King of Egypt can be
accessed by our sitemap. But this page details fast facts and info that
we hope will 'wet your appetite' for Ancient Egyptian History and the
Tutankhamun London Exhibition including Tutankhamun King of Egypt.
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Fact 1 |
The religious ideas of his father
Akhenaten had radically changed Ancient Egypt from a
polytheistic religion, worshipping many gods, to monotheism
which was the worship of one god called the Aten |
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Fact 2 |
The people and the priests resented
the new religion which had been forced upon them. Egypt had
declined into a chaotic state, governed by the religion
obsessed Pharaoh Akhenaten and the corrupt officials who had
replaced the traditional priest led economy. |
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Fact 3 |
Akhenaten was deposed and
Tutankhamun eventually became the boy king of
Ancient Egypt aged 9 years old |
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Fact 4 |
In 1334BC King Tut married
Ankhesenpaaten, his half sister |
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Fact 5 |
When King Tut was about 12 years old
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backlash against the new religion was so intense that the young pharaoh changed his name
from Tutankhaten to
Tutankhamun. |
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Fact 6 |
Tutankhamun and
the royal court were forced to move back to the old capital
at Thebes
which was the center of worship of the god Amun and the power base of the Amun priests |
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Fact 7 |
Solidifying the new rule
King Tut commissioned various building works |
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Fact 8 |
The wars during the reign of King
Tut were fought against the Hittites, the Mitanni and the
Nubians |
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Fact 9 |
None of his children survived
infancy |
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Fact 10 |
Tutankhamun died
in the year of 1325BC at the age of 18/19. He reigned
for just 9 years and the cause of his death still
remains a mystery |
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Fact 11 |
Tutankhamun was buried in his
hastily prepared tomb in the Valley of the Kings 70
days after his death, according to the death rituals
of the Ancient Egyptians |
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Tutankhamun King of Egypt |
Tutankhamun King of Egypt
The Tutankhamun London exhibition
includes information, housed in galleries, based on various themes
including Tutankhamun King of Egypt. Comprehensive facts and information on Tutankhamun King of Egypt can be
accessed by our sitemap. But this page details fast facts and info that
we hope will 'wet your appetite' for Ancient Egyptian History and the
Tutankhamun London Exhibition including Tutankhamun King of Egypt.
Tutankhamun King of Egypt
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of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun and the Tutankhamun King of Egypt.
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