Halloween Party Idea: Egyptian Marketplace: King
Tutankhamon
The Boy King
Tutankhamun, the boy King of Egypt
(reigned 1333 – 23 BC) or King Tut (as known to
most of the western people) is by far the most
famous Egyptian Pharaoh today. Since his death
in his late teens (18 years old), the boy King
remained- unknown- at rest in Egypt’s Valley of
the Kings for more than 3,300 years because his
tomb was concealed beneath the mud brick houses
of the workmen who cut the tomb of Ramesses
VI. Suddenly, every thing was changed in November
1922, when Howard Carter discovered the tomb of
Tutankhamun.
The tomb most likely was not carved for a king
(rather for a high official), but due to the
fact that King Tut died young, the tomb was
subjected to rush modifications
Courtesy:
King Tut Shop
