Tutankhamun

Tutankhamun

1. who

   • King tut's father was Akhenaten who was also known as the "heretic king" due to abolishing worship of all Gods but aten. (Ancient History, 2014)
   • King Tut's former name was Tutankhaten which means "the living image of Aten". This was the name given by Tut's father who was trying to create a new religion in Egypt that only worshiped the sun god Aten. (Biography, 2017)
   • Researchers have found a lot of evidence from looking at king tut's family DNA which suggest that king tut's parents were brother and sister. This led to king tut being born with a deformity which gave him a weak bone structure. The cause of his death was most likely due to malaria and poor health from his brother and sister parents. (National geographic, 2010)

2. how

   • King tut become the Egyptian pharoh around 1332 B.C when he was only 9 years old due to his after his father died. Due to his age his advisers would make a lot of the decisions on his behalf. (livescience,2016)

3. when

   • As the 12th Pharoh of 18th dynasty king tut's reign was very short lived as he only ruled Egypt for 10 years before dying around 1323 B.C at 19 years old. (Biography, 2017)

4. where

   • British archaeologist, Howard Carter found King Tut's tomb in 1922 within the valley of the kings. To his surprise the tomb hadn't been undisturbed for more than 3,000 years. (Thoughtco.2017) [Go to Appendix 2 to see Howard Carter discovering King Tut's tomb]

5. what

   • Tutankhamun and his advisers set out to restore the old Gods of amun that his father tried to destroy. Together the advisers and Tut reformed Egypt back to the old ways by rebuilding destroyed temples and the bringing back of priests who still followed the old texts. (Ancient History,2014)

6. why

   • Even though he was one of the most well known pharoh's of Egypt king Tut was not the most successful king as most of his poltical decision were made by his advisors Ay and Hermhab made most of the decision for him. In the short 10 years that he was in power king tut and his advisors focused on restoring the old Gods that Tutakhamun's father tried to abolish. (kingtutone, 2017)