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Tutankhamun Timeline |
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1343 BC |
Tutankhamun was born in
this year - his name at this time was Tutankhaten |
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1343BC |
He was the son of Pharaoh
Akhenaten, the heretic king and his wife Kiya. His
birthplace was probably Amarna, the new city created
by Akenaten and settled in 1345BC when he moved the
population from Thebes
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1337 BC |
After a reign of 17 years it is believed that
Akhenaten was forced to abdicate and soon after died
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1336 BC |
A person called Smenkhkare Ankhetkheperure took the
throne (r1336 BC -1334 BC) There is speculation that Smenkhkare Ankhetkheperure was in fact
a woman due to the feminine spelling of the name and
questions whether Smenkhkare Ankhetkheperure could have been Nefertiti, Akhenaten's
Chief Wife and the mother-in-law and stepmother of Tutankhamun
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1334 BC |
Tutankhamun was made
Pharaoh of Egypt. He was nine years old. His regent
was Ay who was also the Grand Vizier. Ay was also
the father of Nefertiti, his stepmother and also the
grandfather of Ankhesenpaaten
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1334 BC |
Tutankhamun married Ankhesenpaaten, his half sister,
the third daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti
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1331 BC |
Tutankhamun changed his
name from Tutankhaten to
Tutankhamun and Queen
Ankhesenpaaten changed her name to Ankhesenamun, probably due to
pressure from traditionalists, reflecting
the growing acceptance of the old god Amun and decline in support of the
god Aten
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1330 BC |
King Tutankhamun, Queen Ankhesenpaaten and the royal
court, moved
back to the old capital at Thebes, the center of worship of the Ancient
Egyptian god Amun and the power base of the Amun priests.
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1330 BC -
1325 BC |
The marriage of Tutankhamun
and Ankhesenpaaten produced two daughters who were
stillborn.
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1330 BC -
1325 BC |
General Horemheb was
designated as the Boy King's "Deputy" and was
recognised as heir to Tutankhamun
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1330 BC -
1325 BC |
Military campaigns in Nubia
and Syria, although it is not known whether
Tutankhamun played an active part in them this is
quite possible as his tomb depicts scenes of Tut
riding a chariot. His tomb also contained no less
than 6 chariots
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1330 BC -
1325 BC
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Various building work was
commissioned during this period including the
restoration of some temple properties at Karnak and
Thebes |
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1325 BC |
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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1324 BC |
He 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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1124 BC – 1106 BC |
The first tomb robberies were documented in the
reign of Ramses IX (1124 BC – 1106 BC). It is
possible that the tomb of Tutankhamun was first
robbed at this time
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1133 BC |
The entrance to the tomb of
Tutankhamun is buried with rubble when work is being
carried out on the tomb of Ramses VI (1141 BC – 1133
BC)
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The Tutankhamun Timeline continues... |
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1891 |
Howard Carter goes to Egypt
as a junior artist with the Egypt Exploration Fund
and is eventually hired by Egypt's Antiquities
Service
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1907 |
Howard Carter was
introduced to Lord Carnarvon by Gaston Maspero the
head of the Antiquities Service
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1914 |
Carter and Carnarvon
receive a licence to dig in the Valley of the Kings
from the Egyptian Antiquities Service
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1914 |
Outbreak of World War I
which prevented immediate excavations
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1917 |
Howard Carter approached
Lord Carnarvon to finance his search for the tomb of
Tutankhamun |
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1917 - 1922 |
Howard Carter digs in the
Valley of the Kings but is unable to find the tomb |
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1922 |
Carter was given just one
more season of funding by Lord Carnarvon to find the
tomb |
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1922 |
4 November 1922: Carter
finds the steps leading to Tutankhamun's tomb and
asks Lord Carnarvon to come to Egypt
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1922 |
5 November 1922: Carter
cables Lord Carnarvon: "At last have made a
wonderful discovery in Valley; a magnificent tomb
with seals intact; re-covered same for your arrival;
congratulations."
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1922 |
26 November 1922: Carter
makes the famous "tiny breach in the top left hand
corner" of the tomb doorway accompanied by Lord
Carnarvon and his daughter Lady Evelyn Herbert.
Carnarvon asks him if he can see anything, Carter
replied: "Yes, wonderful things" and goes on to say:
"as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of
the room within emerged slowly from the mist,
strange animals, statues, and gold--everywhere the
glint of gold."
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1922 |
27 November 1922: Carter
and Carnarvon and Lady Evelyn Herbert explore the
Antechamber and Annexe. They find a sealed door to
another chamber
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1923 |
16 February 1923: Howard
Carter opens the sealed doorway leading to the
burial chamber and the sarcophagus of the
Pharaoh Tutankhamun
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1923 |
17 February 1923: The
Burial Chamber is officially opened |
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1923 |
5 April 1923: Lord
Carnarvon dies in Cairo from an infected mosquito
bite |
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1923 |
1923: Howard Carter
publishes the first of his three-volume account of
the discovery |
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1924 |
12 February 1924: Carter
writes pamphlet to document interference by
authorities and leaves the excavation
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1925 |
25 January 1925: Carter
resumes work in the tomb |
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1925 |
The inner coffin is opened
revealing the mummy of Tutankhamun |
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1932 |
Conservation work on the
King Tut treasures are completed and sent to the
Cairo Museum
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1939 |
2 March 1939: Death of
Howard Carter in London |
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1968 |
A
group from the University of Liverpool X RAY
and examine the mummy
revealing a dense spot at the lower back of the
skull
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1978 |
A group from the University
of Michigan X RAY
and examine the mummy |
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2005 |
A
team of Egyptian scientists led by Dr. Zahi Hawass,
the Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme
Council of Antiquities, conduct a CT scan on
the mummy revealing that the skull injury was likely
to have been caused during the embalming process.
Damage to the left thighbone suggested that
Tutankhamun badly broke his leg before he died, and
his leg became infected
Tutankhamun
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