King TutankhamunKing Tutankhamun: The mysterious pharaoh of Egypt King Tutankhamun was not an important pharaoh, nor a successful pharaoh. However, he is the most famous pharaoh, thanks to the incredible and exciting discovery of his tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon in 1922. The young pharaoh's tomb may not have been the largest and most elaborate tomb , but he and his family had at their disposal the riches of the greatest period of Egyptian history. 2. King Tutankhamun's fame today is due to his tomb and what was discovered there. It was the only Egyptian tomb of a pharaoh with most of its contents intact, discovered in History 3. King Tutankhamun was born over 3,000 years ago. No exact date is known 4. Tutankhamun is believed to have been born in Malkata, a place in southern Egypt 5. To date, Tutankhamun's true parentage is unknown 6. Most historians believe that Tutankhamun was the son of the old pharaoh, Amenhotep III and his main wife, Queen Tiye7. Because his parentage remains a mystery, it is very possible that he could even be the blood of an ordinary citizen of city 8. King Tutankhamun, aged only nine, was crowned pharaoh in 1336 BC in Memphis 9 He was still a child when he was pharaoh and so King Tut was still carrying out the normal events of his childhood while he was pharaoh. King Tutankhamun started school at the age of four, like other well-born Egyptian children. He learned to read and write. King Tutankhamun was a very good writer and a large amount of scribal material was found in his tomb 10. He was a good student and graduated with honors 11. As a pharaoh, King Tutankhamun had an excellent diet . The contents of his tomb reflected a diet of breads and cakes made from barley and wheat, seasoned with spices and sugar...... middle of paper ...... Tutankhamun, p. 12 30Eschle, Lou. The Curse of Tutankhamun p. 10. 31Eschle, Lou. The Curse of Tutankhamun p. 10. 32Netzley, Patricia D. The Curse of King Tut p. 14. 33Eschle, Lou. The Curse of Tutankhamun p. 7. 34Ibid. IV p7. 35Ibid. IV p8) 36Ibid. IV p12) 37Pemberton, Jeremy and Putnam, James. Amazing Facts About Ancient Egypt. p. 8. 38Reeves, Nicolas. The Complete Tutnakhamen, p. 100-110. 39Pemberton, Jeremy and Putnam, James. Amazing Facts About Ancient Egypt p.8. 40Murdoch, David. Tutankhamun: The Life and Death of a Pharaoh p. 32. 41Ibid. Murdoch, David. Tutankhamun: The Life and Death of a Pharaoh p. 32. 42 “Tut's Legacy,” http://www.norfacad.pvt.k12.va.us/project/tut/tut6.htm 43 Eschle, Lou. The Curse of Tutankhamun p. 15. 44Ibid. p16. 45Green, Robert. Tutankhamun, p. 56. 46Ibid. p.58. 47 “Tut’s Legacy,” http://www.norfacad.pvt.k12.va.us/project/tut/tut6.htm