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Tutankhamun
Tut, the Boy King

Colton Pierson-Geiger
November 10, 2007


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Tutankhamun
Tut, the Boy King

pharaoh :
a king of Ancient Egypt


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Tutankhamun

Not famous for accomplishments
Famous today for treasures in tomb


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Tut’s Background
King Amonophis
(grandfather)

Queen Tiye
(grandmother)
King Amonophis & Queen Tiye
(1382-1344 BC)


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Tut’s Background
King Ahkanaten
(father)

Queen Nefertiti
(stepmother)


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Tut’s Background
King Ahkanaten

Tut’s Mother

Kiya

(minor wife of Ahkanaten)


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Tut’s
Background
Tut’s Background

Ancient
New Kingdom
Egypt Egypt 1550 B.C. – 1080 B.C.
Ancient
Pyramids of Giza
c.2540 B.C.

Valley of Kings
c.1539 B.C.


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Tut’s Background

Ancient
Egypt
Nile River

Ancient
Egypt

Ancient capitals:
Akhetaten
Thebes


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Tut’s Background
Monotheism:
The belief in only
one god

Ancient
Egypt

Ancient capitals:
Akhetaten
Thebes


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Tut’s Background
Polytheism:
The belief that there
are many gods

Ancient
Egypt

Ancient capitals:
Akhetaten
Thebes


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Tut’s Life
Maia
Wet nurse to
Tutankhamun

wet nurse:
a woman who suckles
another woman’s baby


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Tut’s Life
Taught to
write

Raised by women
in the palace

Taught to
be a warrior


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Tut’s Life

Smenkhare
(half-brother)

Tut became
pharaoh age 9 or 10


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Tut’s Life
Ankasenamon

(wife, half-sister)

Two children
Stillborn:
dead when born


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Tut’s Tomb
Died at age 18 or 19
Tomb lost for 3,000 years

Tut’s tomb
found 1922...
85 years ago!
Howard Carter
Lord Carnarvon Looked for Tut’s tomb 5 years!
Paid for equipment


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Tut’s Tomb

Egyptologists:
People who study
ancient Egypt

Howard Carter
Lord Carnarvon

Lady Evelyn (daughter)


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Tut’s TombEntrance to Tut’s tomb

in the Valley of the Kings

Underground
NOT in pyramid


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Tut’s Tomb

Over 5,000 artifacts
Treasure!
Gold!!


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Tut’s Tomb
Tut’s Mummy!
mummy:
a dead body
dried & preserved
Egyptians believed
in afterlife


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Tut’s Tomb
Tut’s Curse!!!!!!
“Death Shall Come on Swift Wings
To Him Who Disturbs the
Peace of the King...”
- Lord Carnarvon died in Egypt
- Dog died in London
- Cobra killed Carter’s canary
- Lights went out in Cairo


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Tutankhamun
Tut, the Boy King

X-rayed in 2007
85th Anniversary
Helps us learn
about Egypt


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Tutankhamun
Tut, the Boy King

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