tutankhamun

     

Archaeological finds in 1922 included the Royal Tombs of Ur & the tomb of this boy king

Trivia about tutankhamun

  • Horemheb, general to this boy pharaoh, fought the Hittites in Syria
  • The name of this king, who reigned from age 9 to his death at 18, means "gracious of life is Amon"
  • The watermark on Egypt's 10-piastre bill is a statue of this ancient boy king
  • The Egyptian government opened his mummy case on March 6, 1924
  • This young lad took the -aton off his name & restored the old state religion Akhenaton had changed