Horemheb, the highest deputy army general, killed Akhenaten, Tut’s father, Tut, and Aye, the chief advisor, to be the Pharaoh of Egypt. There are many theories on how Tut died. By murdering Akhenaten, Tut, and Aye, Horemheb would have become king.
Horemheb and Aye both wanted to become soul mates with Queen Ankhesenamun to be ruler. Horemheb killed Tut by hitting him unconscious and cutting his heart out. Evidence on the young boy’s corpse show that a blow to the back of the head occurred and his heart missing. Ankhesenamun wrote a letter to the Hittite King asking for a husband, but the prince sent was murdered. Horemheb obviously did this to benefit from war, and marry Ankhesenamun. But, unfortunately