When was king tut born

42 facts about king tut

Born Tutankhaten , he was likely a son of Akhenaten , thought to be the KV55 mummy. Tutankhamun acceded to the throne around the age of nine following the short reigns of his predecessors Smenkhkare and Neferneferuaten. He married his presumed half-sister Ankhesenpaaten , who was probably the mother of his two infant daughters.

During his reign he restored the traditional polytheistic form of ancient Egyptian religion , undoing a previous shift to the religion known as Atenism. He also moved the royal court from Akhenaten's capital, Amarna , back to Memphis. He reestablished diplomatic relations with the Mitanni and carried out military campaigns in Nubia and the Near East.

Tutankhamun was one of only a few kings who was worshipped as a deity during his lifetime. The young king likely began construction of a royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings and an accompanying mortuary temple but both were unfinished at the time of his death. Tutankhamun died unexpectedly aged about 18; his health and the cause of his death have been the subject of much debate.

In it was suggested he died from a combination of malaria and a leg fracture.

How old was king tut when he died

Since his royal tomb was incomplete, he was instead buried in a small non-royal tomb adapted for the purpose. He was succeeded by his vizier Ay , who was probably an old man when he became king, and had a short reign. Ay was succeeded by Horemheb , who had been the commander-in-chief of Tutankhamun's armed forces. Under Horemheb, the restoration of the traditional ancient Egyptian religion was completed; Ay and Tutankhamun's constructions were usurped and earlier Amarna Period rulers were erased.

In modern times, Tutankhamun became famous as a result of the discovery of his tomb KV62 by a team led by the British Egyptologist Howard Carter and sponsored by the British aristocrat George Herbert.