Tutankhamen first started his life with the name of Tutankhaten but changed it sometime within the first year of his reign. He was the son of the pharaoh Amenhotep III. His name coming from the sun god Aton. Tutankhamen estimated life span was very short; nineteen years was his suspected age at death. (Casson)
Tutankhamen's reign was in the eighteenth dynasty and only lasted around ten years long. The reign actually started at 1361 B.C, he took it at age ten and probably married a wife of twelve year of age. He was not the only or even the first to take the throne at such a young age. The others who did it before him however had a older female from the royal family to help them. He did not have this assistance available to him so to help with the military side of the ruling a none royal family member assisted him. (Casson, Shaw)
During Tutankhamen's reign the most important document was called the Resoration Stele. It contained details and a discription of the way Akhenaten's reforms left Egypt. All the temples were destroyed and the Egyptians were back to being monotheistic. Also in the second year of his reign he moved the capital back to Thebes its origanal place. Even though there are some images of him going to war agianst the Hitties and Nubians he never did fight in any of the battles. (Shaw)
Even to this day we still are not sure how exactly the young pharaoh Tutankhamen died it is looking more and more that he could have possible been murdered. This imformation was found after a c.t. was done on the head of the skelaten. Some mysteries will always be unfound and not understood this could very well one of them. Source (Shaw)
The biggest thing that makes Tutankhamen known is that of his tomb, it is understood to be one of the greatest archiological sites of ancient Egypt. It was found unrobbed and well preserved almost as if it was forgotten through all the years. The tomb contained great statues and drawings. The tomb was found in the valley of the kings. His inner sarcafogas was made of beautiful gold. In his tomb there were statues of goddesses for each of his important organs. The heart however would have been left in the body. (Casson)
Books:
Casson, Lionel. Ancient Egypt. Time Incorperated, New York: 1965.
Shaw, Ian. The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt. Oxford University Press, New York: 2000.
Tutankhamen's reign was in the eighteenth dynasty and only lasted around ten years long. The reign actually started at 1361 B.C, he took it at age ten and probably married a wife of twelve year of age. He was not the only or even the first to take the throne at such a young age. The others who did it before him however had a older female from the royal family to help them. He did not have this assistance available to him so to help with the military side of the ruling a none royal family member assisted him. (Casson, Shaw)
During Tutankhamen's reign the most important document was called the Resoration Stele. It contained details and a discription of the way Akhenaten's reforms left Egypt. All the temples were destroyed and the Egyptians were back to being monotheistic. Also in the second year of his reign he moved the capital back to Thebes its origanal place. Even though there are some images of him going to war agianst the Hitties and Nubians he never did fight in any of the battles. (Shaw)
Even to this day we still are not sure how exactly the young pharaoh Tutankhamen died it is looking more and more that he could have possible been murdered. This imformation was found after a c.t. was done on the head of the skelaten. Some mysteries will always be unfound and not understood this could very well one of them. Source (Shaw)
The biggest thing that makes Tutankhamen known is that of his tomb, it is understood to be one of the greatest archiological sites of ancient Egypt. It was found unrobbed and well preserved almost as if it was forgotten through all the years. The tomb contained great statues and drawings. The tomb was found in the valley of the kings. His inner sarcafogas was made of beautiful gold. In his tomb there were statues of goddesses for each of his important organs. The heart however would have been left in the body. (Casson)
Books:
Casson, Lionel. Ancient Egypt. Time Incorperated, New York: 1965.
Shaw, Ian. The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt. Oxford University Press, New York: 2000.
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