It was not until the 19th century, when Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered by an English archaeologist Howard Carter. This discovery revealed the wealth that defined the Egyptian kingship and the rituals of the burial of Tutankhamun (Sayre Henry M. p 67).
Since little was known about Tutankhamun, also known as King Tut, there began to be many theories floating around about how he died. He was a young boy who ruled Egypt as a pharaoh for 10 years, until his death at age 19. King Tut’s sudden death has led to many attempts to unravel the mysteries of his death. One theory was made by Bod Brier. He wrote an international best seller, The Murder of King Tut, first published in 1998 Egypt (Collins and Ogilvie-Herald). In 1963, Professor Ronald .G. Harrison was able to take an x-ray of King Tut’s mummified body. After looking at the x-ray of the skull of Tutankhamen, he concluded that Tutankhamen had taken …show more content…
These two had more access to the king and more to gain if King Tut was dead. I do not believe King Tut thought that either one of them would harm him. Since Ay was a trusted advisor to his father Akhenaten and Horenhab was the king's Deputy and Regent. These are people he trusted because his father trusted them. These probably would be the last people that he thought would harm him. Since there was conflict in Egypt with the Hittite Empire, they could have felt King Tut was too young and didn’t have the skills to fight off the Hittite’s, should there be an attack.
Horemhab would have been the successor to King Tut. He could have possibly been the next pharaoh after King Tut but he was out in the battlefield with the Army, when King Tut died, leaving Ay to be the immediate successor in his absence.
With all the theories that are floating about King Tut’s death, the only one that can tell us the truth is King Tut himself and since he is dead I guess his death will remain a
Since little was known about Tutankhamun, also known as King Tut, there began to be many theories floating around about how he died. He was a young boy who ruled Egypt as a pharaoh for 10 years, until his death at age 19. King Tut’s sudden death has led to many attempts to unravel the mysteries of his death. One theory was made by Bod Brier. He wrote an international best seller, The Murder of King Tut, first published in 1998 Egypt (Collins and Ogilvie-Herald). In 1963, Professor Ronald .G. Harrison was able to take an x-ray of King Tut’s mummified body. After looking at the x-ray of the skull of Tutankhamen, he concluded that Tutankhamen had taken …show more content…
These two had more access to the king and more to gain if King Tut was dead. I do not believe King Tut thought that either one of them would harm him. Since Ay was a trusted advisor to his father Akhenaten and Horenhab was the king's Deputy and Regent. These are people he trusted because his father trusted them. These probably would be the last people that he thought would harm him. Since there was conflict in Egypt with the Hittite Empire, they could have felt King Tut was too young and didn’t have the skills to fight off the Hittite’s, should there be an attack.
Horemhab would have been the successor to King Tut. He could have possibly been the next pharaoh after King Tut but he was out in the battlefield with the Army, when King Tut died, leaving Ay to be the immediate successor in his absence.
With all the theories that are floating about King Tut’s death, the only one that can tell us the truth is King Tut himself and since he is dead I guess his death will remain a