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Tutankhamun
Tutankhaten
Nibhurrereya in the
Amarna letters (possibly
Preceded y:
!menkhkare" or
Ne#erne#eruaten"
$haraoh o# %&ypt
18th Dynasty
!ucceeded y:
Ay
"ask of Tutankhamun#s mummy, the popular icon for ancient $gypt at The
$gyptian "useum in %airo.
'ei&n &''' (% ) &'*+ (%
$raenomen
,ekheperure
Lord of the forms of Re
Nomen
Tutankhaten
Living Image of the Aten
Tutankhamun -ekaiunushema
Living Image of Amun
ru!er of "pper #e!iopo!is
(orus
name
.anakht Tutmesut
The strong ull, pleasing of irth
Nebty
name
,eferhepusegerehtawy
/ne of perfect laws,
who pacifies the two lands
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Wer23h23mun
4reat of the palace of 3mun
,e2r256er
7ord of all
)olden
(orus
Wet6eskhausehetepnet6eru
Who wears crowns and pleases the gods
-e8a2maat2sehetep2net6eru
9uler of Truth, who pleases the gods
Wet6es2khau2itef29e
Who wears the crowns of his father, 9e
Wet6es2khau2T6estawy2:m
Who wears crowns, and inds the two lands therein
*onsort(s 3nkhesenamen
+urial .;<*
Nebkheperure Tutankhamun =alternately spelled with Tutenkh$, $amen, $amon>,
$gyptian twt$ n $%mn& 'tuwt$ ankh$yam(n, was a Pharaoh of the $ighteenth dynasty
=ruled &''' (% ) &'*+ (%>, during the period of $gyptian history known as the ,ew
.ingdom. -is original name, Tutankhaten, meant ?7iving :mage of 3ten?, while
Tutankhamun meant ?7iving :mage of 3mun?. -e is possily also the )ibhurrereya of
the 3marna letters. -e was likely the &@th dynasty king #9athotis#, who according to
"anetho, an ancient historian, had reigned for A yearsBa figure which conforms eCactly
with Flavius Josephus# generally accurate version of "anetho#s $pitome.
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:n historical terms, Tutankhamun is of only moderate significance, and most of his
modern popularity stems from the fact that his tom in the ;alley of the .ings was
discovered almost completely intact. -owever, he is also significant as a figure who
managed the eginning of the transition from the heretical 3tenism of his predecessors
3khenaten and !menkhkare ack to the familiar $gyptian religion. 3s Tutankhamun
egan his reign at age A, his viDier and eventual successor 3y was proaly making most
of the important political decisions during Tutankhamun#s reign. ,onetheless,
Tutankhamun is, in modern times, one of the most famous of the Pharaohs, and the only
one to have a nickname in popular culture =?,in& Tut?>. The &A** discovery y -oward
%arter of Tutankhamun#s nearly intact tom =suse8uently designated .;<*> received
worldwide press coverage and sparked a renewed pulic interest in ancient $gypt, of
which Tutankhamun remains the popular face.
Tutankhamun#s parentage is uncertain. 3n inscription calls him a king#s son, ut it is not
clear which king was meant. "ost scholars think that he was proaly a son either of
3menhotep ::: =though proaly not y his 4reat 9oyal Wife Tiye>, or more likely a son
of 3menhotep :::#s son 3khenaten around &'+* (%. -owever, Professor James 3llen
argues that Tutankhamun was more likely to e a son of the short2lived king !menkhkare
rather than 3khenaten. 3llen argues that 3khenaten consciously chose a female co2regent
named ,eferneferuaten to succeed him rather than Tutankhamun which is unlikely if the
latter was indeed his son.
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Tutankhamun was married to 3nkhesenpaaten =possily his
sister>, and after the re2estalishment of the traditional $gyptian religion the couple
changed the )aten ending of their names to the )amun ending, ecoming 3nkhesenamun
and Tutankhamun. They had two known children, oth stillorn girlsBtheir mummies
were discovered in his tom. The ?oy king? died at the age of &A y reasons still
disputed. !ome elieve that he was murdered y his advisors, ut it is also possile that
he 6ust had an accident. -e was uried in the ;alley of the .ings, in a small tom today
known as .;<*, that was not intended for a king.
*ontents
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& Parentage
* 9eign
' $vents after his death
+ ,ame
E %ause of death
o E.& *FFE research and findings
< 5iscovery of Tutankhamun#s tom
G Tutankhamun in popular culture
o G.& Tutankhamun#s appearance and
controversy
G.&.& !kin tone
o G.* 4allery depicting close relations to
Tutankhamun
o G.' $Chiitions
o G.+ :n fiction
@ !ee also
A 9eferences
&F Further reading
&& $Cternal links
$arenta&e
The first theory was that he was a son of 3menhotep ::: and Hueen Tiye. This theory
seems unlikely since Tiye would have een over EF at the time of Tutankhamun#s irth,
too old to produce any more offspring. 3nother theory is that Tutankhamun was the son
of !menkhkare and "eritaten. This is possile ut not plausile. !menkhkare came on
the scene when 3khenaten entered the &+th year of his reign and during this time
"eritaten married !menkhkare. !o, if !menkhkare is the father of Tutankhamun, he
would have needed at least a three year reign, ecause if it had een shorter,
Tutankhamun would have een arely seven when he came to the throne. -owever, if
there had een lengthy co2regency etween 3menhotep ::: and 3khenaten, 3menhotep
could definitely e Tutankhamun#s father. The current theory is that he was the son of
3khenaten and his minor wife .iya. Hueen .iya#s title was ?4reatly (eloved Wife of
3khenaten? so it is possile she could have orne him an heir. !upporting this theory,
images on the tom wall in the tom of 3khenaten show that a royal fan earer standing
neCt to .iya#s death ed, fanning what is either a princess or most likely a wet nurse
holding a ay, which would indicate that the wet nurse was holding the oy2king2to2e.
'ei&n
5uring Tutankhamun#s reign, 3khenaten#s 3marna revolution =3tenism> egan to e
reversed. 3khenaten had attempted to supplant the eCisting priesthood and gods with a
god who was until then considered minor, 3ten. :n Iear ' of Tutankhamun#s reign =&''&
(%>, when he was still a oy of aout && and proaly under the influence of two older
advisors =notaly 3khenaten#s viDier 3y>, the an on the old pantheon of gods and their
temples was lifted, the traditional privileges restored to their priesthoods, and the capital
moved ack to Thees. The young pharaoh also adopted the name Tutankhamun,
changing it from his irth name Tutankhaten. (ecause of his age at the time these
decisions were made, it is generally thought that most if not all the responsiility for them
falls on his viDier 3y and perhaps other advisors. 3lso, .ing Tutankhamun restored all
the old gods and rought order to the chaos that his relative had caused. -e uilt many
temples devoted to 3mun29a. Tutankhamun#s wooden oC depicts him going to war
against -ittites and ,uians suggesting that he may have possily gone to war in the last
few years of his reign, and perhaps even died in the campaign.
%-ents a#ter his death
3 now2famous letter to the -ittite king !uppiluliuma : from a widowed 8ueen of $gypt,
eCplaining her prolems and asking for one of his sons as a husand, has een attriuted
to 3nkhesenamun =among others>. !uspicious of this good fortune, !uppiluliumas : first
sent a messenger to make in8uiries on the truth of the young 8ueen#s story. 3fter
reporting her plight ack to !uppiluliuma :, he sent his son, JannanDa, accepting her
offer. -owever, JananDa got no further than the order efore he was killed, according to
the -ittite archives. :f 3nkhesenamun were the 8ueen in 8uestion, and his death a
murder, it was proaly at the orders of either -oremhe or 3y, who oth had the
opportunity and the motive to kill him.
Name
Tutankhamun#s nomen =left> or irth name and praenomen or throne name.
Knder 3tenism, Tutankhamun was named Tutankhaten, which in $gyptian hieroglyphs
is:
Technically, this name is transliterated as twt2 n 2Ltn.
3t the reintroduction of the old pantheon, his name was changed. :t is transliterated as
twt2 n 2Lmn 8'2Lwnw2Mm , and often realiDed as Tutankhamun (ekaiunushema,
meaning ?7iving image of 3mun, ruler of Kpper -eliopolis?. /n his ascension to the
throne, Tutankhamun took a praenomen. This is translated as n2prw2r , and realiDed as
Nebkheperure, meaning ?7ord of the forms of 9e?. The name )ibhurrereya in the
3marna letters may e a variation of this praenomen.
*ause o# death
The golden mask of the ?oy king?
For a long time the cause of Tutankhamun#s death is unknown, and is still the root of
much speculation. -ow old was the king when he diedN 5id he suffer from any physical
anormalitiesN -ad he een murderedN !ome of these 8uestions were finally answered in
early *FFE when the results of a set of %T scans on the mummy were released, ut many
still remain to e solved.
The ody was originally inspected y -oward %arterOs team in the early &A*Fs, though
they were primarily interested in recovering the 6ewelry and amulets from the ody. To
remove the o6ects from the ody, which in many cases were stuck fast y the hardened
emalming resins used, %arter#s team cut up the mummy into various pieces: the arms
and legs were detached, the torso cut in half and the head was severed. -ot knives were
used to remove it from the golden mask to which it was cemented y resin. !ince the
ody was placed ack in its sarcophagus in &A*<, the mummy has suse8uently een P2
rayed three times: first in &A<@ y a group from the Kniversity of 7iverpool, then in &AG@
y a group from the Kniversity of "ichigan and finally in *FFE a team of $gyptian
scientists led y !ecretary 4eneral of the $gyptian !upreme %ouncil of 3nti8uities 5r.
Jahi -awass conducted a %T scan on the mummy.
P2rays of his mummy, which were taken previously, in &A<@, had revealed a dense spot
at the lower ack of the skull. This had een interpreted as a chronic sudural hematoma,
which would have een caused y a low. !uch an in6ury could have een the result of an
accident, ut it had also een suggested that the young pharaoh was murdered. :f this is
the case, there are a numer of theories as to who was responsile: one popular candidate
was his immediate successor 3y =other candidates included his wife and chariot2driver>.
:nterestingly, there are seemingly signs of calcification within the supposed in6ury, which
if true meant Tutankhamun lived for a fairly eCtensive period of time =on the order of
several months> after the in6ury was inflicted.
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"uch confusion had een caused y a small loose sliver of one within the upper cranial
cavity, which was discovered from the same P2ray analysis. !ome people have suggested
this visile one fragment for the supposed head in6ury. :n fact, since Tutankhamun#s
rain was removed post mortem in the mummification process, and considerale
8uantities of now2hardened resin introduced into the skull on at least two separate
occasions after that, had the fragment resulted from a pre2mortem in6ury, some scholars,
including the *FFE %T scan team, say it almost certainly would not still e loose in the
cranial cavity. (ut other scientists suggested, that the loose sliver of one was loosened
y the emalmers during mummification, ut it had een roken efore. 3 low to the
ack of the head =from a fall or an actual low>, caused the rain to move forward, hitting
the front of the skull, reaking small pieces of the one right aove the eyes.
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200. research and #indin&s
Tutankhamun coffinette
/n "arch @, *FFE, $gyptian archaeologist Jahi -awass revealed the results of a %T scan
performed on the pharaoh#s mummy. The scan uncovered no evidence for a low to the
ack of the head as well as no evidence suggesting foul play. There was a hole in the
head, ut it appeared to have een drilled, presumaly y emalmers. 3 fracture to
Tutankhamun#s left thighone was interpreted as evidence that suggests the pharaoh
adly roke his leg efore he died, and his leg ecame infectedQ however, memers of the
$gyptian2led research team recogniDed, as a less likely possiility, that the fracture was
caused y the emalmers. 3ltogether &,GFF images were produced of Tutankhamun#s
mummy during the &E2minute %T scan.
"uch was learned aout the young king#s life. -is age at death was estimated at &A years,
ased on physical developments that set upper and lower limits to his age. The king had
een in general good health, and there were no signs of any ma6or infectious disease or
malnutrition during childhood. -e was slight of uild, and was roughly &GF cm =E#G?>
tall. -e had large front incisor teeth and the overite characteristic of the rest of the
Thutmosid line of kings to which he elonged. -e also had a pronounced dolichocephalic
=elongated> skull, though it was within normal ounds and highly unlikely to have een
pathologic in cause. 4iven the fact that many of the royal depictions of 3khenaten
=possily his father, certainly a relation>, often featured an elongated head, it is likely an
eCaggeration of a family trait, rather than a distinct anormality. The research also
showed that the pharaoh had cleft palate.
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3 slight end to his spine was also found, ut
the scientists agreed that there was no associated evidence to suggest that it was
pathological in nature, and that it was much more likely to have een caused during the
emalming process. This ended speculation ased on the previous P2rays that
Tutankhamun had suffered from scoliosis. =-owever, it was suse8uently noted y 5r.
Jahi -awass that the mummy found in .;EE, provisionally identified as Tutankhamun#s
father, eChiited several similarities to that of TutankhamunBa cleft palate, a
dolichocephalic skull and slight scoliosis.>
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The *FFE conclusion y a team of $gyptian scientists, ased on the %T scan findings,
confirmed that Tutankhamun died of an attack of gangrene after reaking his leg. 3fter
consultations with :talian and !wiss eCperts, the $gyptian scientists found that the
fracture in Tutankhamun#s left leg most likely occurred only days efore his death, which
had then ecome gangrenous and led directly to his death. The fracture was not sustained
during the mummification process or as a result of some damage to the mummy as
claimed y -oward %arter. The $gyptian scientists have also found no evidence that he
had een struck in the head and no other indication he was killed, as had een previously
speculated. Further investigation of the fracture led to the conclusion that it was severe,
most likely caused y a fall from some heightBpossily a riding accident due to the
asence of pelvis in6uriesBand may have een fatal within hours0&1.
5espite the relatively poor condition of the mummy, the $gyptian team found evidence
that great care had een given to the ody of Tutankhamun during the emalming
process. They found five distinct emalming materials, which were applied to the ody at
various stages of the mummification process. This counters previous assertions that the
kingOs ody had een prepared carelessly and in a hurry. :n ,ovemer *FF<, at the
annual meeting of the 9adiological !ociety of ,orth 3merica, $gyptian radiologists
stated that that %T images and scans of the king#s mummy revealed Tutankhamun#s
height to e &@F centimetres or E feet && inches tall, a revision of earlier estimates.0*1
/isco-ery o# Tutankhamun's tomb
*ain arti+!e, -./0
Tom of Tutankhamun in the ;alley of the .ings
Tutankhamun seems to have faded from pulic consciousness in ancient $gypt within a
short time after his death, and he remained virtually unknown until the early *Fth century.
-is tom was roed at least twice in anti8uity, ut ased on the items taken =including
perishale oils and perfumes> and the evidence of restoration of the tom after the
intrusions, it seems clear that these roeries took place within several months at most of
the urial itself. !use8uently, the location of the tom was lost ecause it had come to
e uried y stone chips from suse8uent toms, either dumped there or washed there y
floods. :n the years that followed, some workers huts were uilt over the tom entrance,
clearly not knowing what lay eneath. When at the end of the *Fth dynasty the ;alley of
the .ings urials were systematically dismantled, the urial of Tutankhamun was
overlooked, presumaly ecause it had een lost and even his name may have een
forgotten.
For many years, rumors of a ?curse? =proaly fueled y newspapers at the time of the
discovery> persisted, emphasiDing the early death of some of those who had first entered
the tom. -owever, a recent study of 6ournals and death records indicates no statistical
difference etween the age of death of those who entered the tom and those on the
eCpedition who did not. :ndeed, most lived past GF.
3ncient $gyptian senet games were found in the tom.
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!ome of the treasures in Tutankhamun#s tom are noted for their apparent departure from
traditional depictions of the oy king. %ertain cartouches where the king#s name should
appear have een altered, as if to usurp the property of a previous pharaoh. -owever, this
may simply e the product of ?updating? the artifacts to reflect the shift from
Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun. /ther differences are less easy to eCplain, such as the
older, more angular facial features of the middle coffin and canopic coffinettes. The most
widely accepted theory for these latter variations is that the items were originally
intended for 1menkhkare, who may or may not e the mysterious .;EE mummy. !aid
mummy, according to craniological eCaminations, ears a striking first2order =father2to2
son, rother2to2rother> relationship to Tutankhamun#s.
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Tutankhamun in popular culture
*ain arti+!e, 2gypt in the 2uropean imagination
:f Tutankhamun is the world#s est known pharaoh, it is partly ecause his tom is among
the est preserved, and his image and associated artifacts the most2eChiited. -e has also
entered popular culture 2 he has, for eCample, een commemorated in the whimsical song
?,in& Tut? y the 3merican comedian !teve "artin. -e was also the namesake of one
of (atman#s arch enemies in the &A<Fs 3merican television series ?(atman? with 3dam
West. The Three !tooges made a movie where they eCplored the tom of Pharaoh 9ootin
Tootin =and his Hueen, -otsie Totsie>.
3s a side effect, the interest in this tom and its alleged ?curse? led to horror movies
featuring a vengeful mummy. 3s Jon "anchip White writes, in his forward to the &AGG
edition of %arter#s The Dis+overy of the Tomb of Tutankhamun, ?The pharaoh who in life
was one of the least esteemed of $gypt#s kings has ecome in death the most renowned.?
Perhaps we will never know what eCactly happened to him in a cold winter day in the
year &'*+ (% =ased on the types of flowers found in his tom, it can e assumed that he
was interred on "archR3pril, so he would have died etween GF2AF days before that, as
that much time is re8uired for mummification and other related funeral processes>. The
most likely reason could e either foul play or the in6uries from an accident
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The ma6or contriution of the oy king could easily e his hastily2prepared tom,
resulting from his untimely death. The spectacular discovery, the sheer siDe of wealth
uncovered, the eautiful artifacts that depicted the love and affection etween the ill2fated
young royal couple and the flowers placed on the golden mask of the mummyBaout
which %arter wrote that he would like to imagine them as placed y 3nkhesenamun 6ust
efore the closing of the casketBthe list can e endless. 3ll these fueled the imagination
of the gloal pulic and raised interest in ancient $gypt and its culture to an
unprecedented level throughout the world.
Tutankhamun's appearance and contro-ersy
The controversial rendering of Tutankhamun eChiiting haDel eyes and a ?mid2range?
skin tone, as shown on the cover of )ationa! 3eographi+ in *FFE.
1ee a!so, Ra+ia! +hara+teristi+s of an+ient 2gyptians
:n *FFE, three teams of scientists =$gyptian, French and 3merican>, in partnership with
the ,ational 4eographic !ociety, developed a new facial likeness of Tutankhamun. The
$gyptian team worked from &,GFF three2dimensional %T scans of the pharaoh#s skull.
The French and 3merican teams worked plastic molds created from theseBut the
3mericans were never told whom they were reconstructing.
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3ll three teams created
silicone usts of their interpretation of what the young monarch looked like.
!kin tone
Though modern technology can reconstruct Tutankhamun#s facial structure with a high
degree of accuracy ased on %T data from his mummy, correctly determining his skin
tone is impossile. The prolem is not a lack of skill on the part of 3ncient $gyptians.
$gyptian artisans distinguished accurately among different ethnicities, ut sometimes
depicted their su6ects in totally unreal colors, the purposes for which aren#t completely
understood. Thus no asolute consensus on .ing Tut#s skin tone is possile.
Terry 4arcia, )ationa! 3eographi+'s eCecutive vice president for mission programs, said,
in response to some protesters of the .ing Tut reconstructionB
The ig variale is skin tone. ,orth 3fricans, we know today, had a range of skin
tones, from light to dark. :n this case, we selected a medium skin tone, and we
say, 8uite up front, #This is midrange.# We#ll never know for sure what his eCact
skin tone was or the color of his eyes with &FF percent certainty. S "aye in the
future, people will come to a different conclusion.
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)allery depictin& close relations to Tutankhamun
3 wooden statue
head of Hueen Tiye,
thought to e
Tutankhamun#s
4randmother, part of
the Tgyptisches
"useum (erlin
collection.
Fragmentary statue of
3khenaten,
Tutankhamun#s father.
/n display at the
%airo "useum.
Plaster face of a young
3marna2era woman,
thought to represent
Hueen .iya, the likely
mother of
Tutankhamun. /n
display at the
"etropolitan "useum
of 3rt, ,ew Iork %ity.
%anopic 6ar
depicting an
3marna2era Hueen,
usually identified as
eing Hueen .iya.
/n display at the
"etropolitan
"useum of 3rt, ,ew
Iork %ity.
The iconic image of
Hueen ,efertiti, the
3nother statue head
depicting ,efertiti,
now part of the
Tgyptisches "useum
(erlin collection.
Fragmentary statue
thought to represent
3nkhesenamun, sister
and wife to
Tutankhamun, on
display at the (rooklyn
!tatue of an
unnamed 3marna2
era princess, a likely
sister =or step2sister>
to Tutankhamun.
Part of the
Tgyptisches
step2mother of
Tutankhamen, part
of the Tgyptisches
"useum (erlin
collection.
"useum.
"useum (erlin
collection.
:t is important to know the first reconstruction y $nglish, 3ustralian and 3merican
scientist actual depicted 3frican phenotypes, which were the common phenotypes
throughout 3frica during that time.
%urrently on display in the K. at the !cience "useum:
First 9econstruction
9econstruction of Tutankhamun#s step2mother ,efertiti0
,efertiti
%1hibitions
Funerary mask of Tutankhamun
The splendors of Tutankhamun#s tom are among the most traveled artifacts in the world.
They have een to many countries, ut proaly the est2known eChiition tour was the
Treasures of Tutankhamun tour, which ran from &AG*2&AGA. This eChiition was first
shown in 7ondon at the (ritish "useum from 'F "arch until 'F !eptemer &AG*. "ore
than &.< million visitors came to see the eChiition, some 8ueueing for up to eight hours
and it was the most popular eChiition ever in the "useum. The eChiition moved on to
many other countries, including the K!3, K!!9, Japan, France, %anada and West
4ermany. The eChiition in the Knited !tates was organiDed y the "etropolitan
"useum of 3rt and ran from from &G ,ovemer, &AG< through &E 3pril, &AGA. :t was
attended y more than eight million people in the Knited !tates.
3n eCcerpt from the site of the 3merican ,ational 4allery of 3rt:
?...EE o6ects from the tom of Tutankhamun included the oy2king#s solid gold
funeral mask, a gilded wood figure of the goddess !elket, lamps, 6ars, 6ewelry,
furniture, and other o6ects for the afterlife. This eChiition estalished the term
#lockuster.# 3 comination of the age2old fascination with ancient $gypt, the
legendary allure of gold and precious stones, and the funeral trappings of the oy2
king created an immense popular response. ;isitors waited up to @ hours efore
the uilding opened to view the eChiition. 3t times the line completely encircled
the West (uilding.?
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:n *FFE, hoping to inspire a whole new generation, $gypt#s !upreme %ouncil of
3nti8uities, in partnership with 3rts and $Chiitions :nternational and the ,ational
4eographic !ociety, launched a new tour of Tutankhamun#s treasures, this time called
?Tutankhamun and the 4olden 3ge of the Pharaohs.? :t was eCpected to draw more than
three million people.
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The eChiition started in 7os 3ngeles, %alifornia, then moved to Fort 7auderdale,
Florida, and %hicago. :t is currently in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and will move on to
7ondon efore finally returning to $gypt in 3ugust *FF@.
!ome attendees of the current eChiition have een disappointed in the show, and have
accused the eChiitors of using false or misleading advertising regarding its contents. The
eChiition is marketed around Tutankhamun, ut more than half of the artifacts are from
the reigns of Tutankhamun#s immediate predecessors in the &@th dynasty. 3lso, the
advertising for the eChiition centers on an image in gold of the face of Tutankhamun,
strongly reminiscent of his famous death mask, which is not among the eChiits. :n
reality the image is a close2up photograph of a +F cm =&<?> canopic vessel that held the
king#s liver. The item is laeled in most of the advertising as a ?canopic coffinette? or
?miniature coffin?, ut viewers have complained aout feeling misled.
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2n #iction
Tutankhamen receives flowers from 3nkhesenamen
TutankhamunRTutankhaten appears in P.%. 5oherty#s trilogy of 3ncient $gyptian novels,
An 2vi! 1pirit 4ut of the West =*FF'>, The 1eason of the #yaena =*FFE> and The 5ear of
the 6obra =*FFE>.
Tutankhamun is also the ma6or character in a series of historical novels y the 3merican
author 7ynda 9oinson.
The historical novel Tutankhamun$1peak my )ame =*FFE> :!(, &2+&*F<'*E2< y
3nthony -olmes is the comprehensive =<G@ page> story of the life of the young king
from his irth to .iye, the concuine of 3khenaten, until his death <,<<< days later and
eyond into the afterlife of his .3 in the tom eventually discovered y -oward %arter.
Tutankhamun appears as a &F2year2old mummy in the 5iscovery .ids show Tutenstein.
.ing Tut, as played y ;ictor (uono, was a villain on the (atman T; series aired in
&A<<2&A<@. "ild2mannered $gyptologist William /maha "c$lroy, after suffering a
concussion, came to elieve he was the reincarnation of Tutankhamun. -is response to
this knowledge was to emark upon a crime spree that re8uired him to fight against the
?%aped %rusaders?, (atman and 9oin.
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