Though he has been lying dead for hundreds of thousands of years, but the pharaoh is one of the famous personalities today. All thanks due to famous ´Curse of Tutankhamen´. Almost everybody in this world knows about this famous myth, unless you have been living under the rocks. But, though almost everybody knows about the curse, very few people know about the person who is behind this, the famous Pharaoh to whom the curse is associated with.
So, this post has been written to let people know more about the famous ´Boy King of Egypt´: King Tutankhamen. The content of this post has been sourced from this superb video from YouTube channel: BIO titled: ´Mini Bio: King Tut´.
King Tut´s tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in the year 1922.Since then, his remains have held millions in awe over the mystery of his life and death. The pharaoh was born in circa 1341 B.C.E. He was the 12th king of of the 18th Egyptian dynasty, alongside being the last king of his dynasty. He died in circa 1323 B.C.E due to mysterious reasons and apparently got disappeared from history. But since the discovery of his tomb, studies and remains have revealed many new things regarding the life he lived and more about that time of history.
Tutankhamen was initially named as Tutankhaten, meaning "the living image of Aten." At that time in history, Egypt was going through a major social and religious transition. Tutankhaten's father had forbidden the worship of many gods in favor of worshiping one, Aten, the sun disk for which he is also called the ´heretic king´. His intent was to reduce the power of the priests and shift the traditional temple-based economy to a new regime run by local government administrators and military commanders. After that, he changed the capital from Thebes to Armana, then he started neglecting all the state affairs and put all of his time and efforts in the religious transition change which widened the gap between the king and his subjects. After a period of 17 years, he was forced to abdicate and in his place of him, his son King Tutankhamen was reinstated at a mere-age of 9 years.
Because Tutankhamun and his wife had no surviving children, his death at age 19, circa 1323 B.C.E., brought further turmoil to the court. Evidence indicates that upon his death, Ankhesenamun contacted the king of the Hittites, asking for one of his sons as a husband. The Hittite king sent a candidate, but he died during the journey, most likely assassinated before he got to the royal palace.
Tutankhamun was buried in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings. It is believed that his early death necessitated a hasty burial in a smaller tomb most likely built for a lesser noble. The body was preserved in the traditional fashion of mummification. Seventy days after his death, Tutankhamun's body was laid to rest and the tomb was sealed. There are no known records of Tutankhamun after his death, and, as a result, he remained virtually unknown until the 1920s.
So, this post has been written to let people know more about the famous ´Boy King of Egypt´: King Tutankhamen. The content of this post has been sourced from this superb video from YouTube channel: BIO titled: ´Mini Bio: King Tut´.
King Tut´s tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in the year 1922.Since then, his remains have held millions in awe over the mystery of his life and death. The pharaoh was born in circa 1341 B.C.E. He was the 12th king of of the 18th Egyptian dynasty, alongside being the last king of his dynasty. He died in circa 1323 B.C.E due to mysterious reasons and apparently got disappeared from history. But since the discovery of his tomb, studies and remains have revealed many new things regarding the life he lived and more about that time of history.
Tutankhamen was initially named as Tutankhaten, meaning "the living image of Aten." At that time in history, Egypt was going through a major social and religious transition. Tutankhaten's father had forbidden the worship of many gods in favor of worshiping one, Aten, the sun disk for which he is also called the ´heretic king´. His intent was to reduce the power of the priests and shift the traditional temple-based economy to a new regime run by local government administrators and military commanders. After that, he changed the capital from Thebes to Armana, then he started neglecting all the state affairs and put all of his time and efforts in the religious transition change which widened the gap between the king and his subjects. After a period of 17 years, he was forced to abdicate and in his place of him, his son King Tutankhamen was reinstated at a mere-age of 9 years.
Because Tutankhamun and his wife had no surviving children, his death at age 19, circa 1323 B.C.E., brought further turmoil to the court. Evidence indicates that upon his death, Ankhesenamun contacted the king of the Hittites, asking for one of his sons as a husband. The Hittite king sent a candidate, but he died during the journey, most likely assassinated before he got to the royal palace.
Tutankhamun was buried in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings. It is believed that his early death necessitated a hasty burial in a smaller tomb most likely built for a lesser noble. The body was preserved in the traditional fashion of mummification. Seventy days after his death, Tutankhamun's body was laid to rest and the tomb was sealed. There are no known records of Tutankhamun after his death, and, as a result, he remained virtually unknown until the 1920s.
