Ay’s reign was preceded by that of Tutankhamun, who ascended to the throne at the age of eight or nine, at a time of great tension between the new monotheism and the old polytheism. He was assisted in his kingly duties by his predecessor’s two closest advisors: Grand Vizier Ay and General of the Armies Horemheb.

But, whatever he may have intended, we know that Tutankhamun was actually buried in a cramped tomb cut into the floor of the main valley. It may be that Tutankhamun simply died too young to complete his ambitious plans. His own tomb was unfinished, and so he had to be buried in a substitute, non-royal tomb.

The answer is no, the egyptians had no real reason to hold a grudge against King Tutankhamun when he came to power. It was Tutankhamun’s father, Akhenaten, who had caused havoc by changing the old religion for a new monotheistic one in which only the sun god Aten was worshiped.

Tutankhamen wasn’t an especially important king, but his tomb was the only royal burial found intact in modern times. The tomb was important because it let archaeologists record what an Egyptian king’s tomb looked like and learn more about ancient Egypt.

Valley of the Kings

Tutankhamun was buried in three layers of coffin, one of which was hewn from solid gold. That single coffin is estimated to be worth well over $1.2 million (€1.1m) and he was buried with an assortment of chariots, thrones and jewelry.

Tomb of Tut Ankh Amun, Egypt

Cairo

The exhibit is insured for $26 million and the gold alone in Tut’s 2,448-pound coffin would, at today’s prices, be worth about $1,700,000.

The first ever DNA study that was conducted on an Egyptian mummy was done on King Tut, and it revealed that he was, in fact, the product of a high level of incest. In fact, his mother was probably not Nefertiti, as was previously assumed, but rather a sister of King Akhenaten.

What was found in the tomb? Once inside the tomb, Carter found rooms filled with treasure. This included statues, gold jewelry, Tutankhamun’s mummy, chariots, model boats, canopic jars, chairs, and paintings. It was an amazing discovery and one of the most important made in the history of archeology.

The last coffin, made of solid gold, contained the mummified body of King Tut. Among the riches found in the tomb–golden shrines, jewelry, statues, a chariot, weapons, clothing–the perfectly preserved mummy was the most valuable, as it was the first one ever to be discovered.

Over 3,000 treasures were placed in the tomb to help Tutankhamun in his afterlife, and the walls of the burial chamber were painted with scenes of his voyage to the afterworld. The chamber contained four gilded shrines, inside which was a red quartzite sarcophagus containing three nesting coffins.

It took Carter 10 years to complete his exploration of the tomb and catalogue the thousands of objects that he found. Lord Carnarvon died In April 1923 in mysterious circumstances, fuelling speculation that the fabled “curse of the pharaohs” had struck one of those responsible for violating “King Tut’s” tomb.

Inside the innermost coffin laid King Tut’s mummified remains clad with a golden death mask in the Kings likeness. The 22 pound mask sits 1.8 feet tall and contains a total of 321.5 troy ounces of gold. This gives it a value of over a half a million dollars in just its weight in gold.

Tutankhamun was the 13th pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt, making his mummy over 3,300 years old. The burial chamber was found in 1922, but was not opened until a year later. Two years passed between the discovery of the tomb and that of the mummy and its famous death mask.

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The Chariot Crash Theory In 2014, producers of a BBC television documentary postulated that Tut died in chariot crash that broke his legs and pelvis, and resulted in an infection and perhaps death by blood poisoning.

King Tut probably died from a broken leg, scientists say, possibly closing one of history’s most famous cold cases. A CT scan of King Tutankhamun’s mummy has disproved a popular theory that the Egyptian pharaoh was murdered by a blow to the head more than 3,300 years ago.

As a sphinx, Hatshepsut displays a lion’s mane and a pharaoh’s beard. For many years, Hatshepsut (ca 1508– 1458 B.C.) appeared content with the traditional female role of supporting player among Egypt’s royals. She was the daughter of one pharaoh (Thutmose I) and queen wife of another (her half brother, Thutmose II).

King Tut was taken from his resting place in the ancient Egyptian cemetery known as the Valley of the king.

MILLIE CrOcKER – Harris