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2006-12-12 14:28:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities History

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"Nebkheperure Tutankhamun (alternately spelled with Tuten-, -amen, -amon; lack of written vowels in Egyptian allows for different transliterations) *tuwt-ʕankh-yamān was a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty (ruled 1333 BC – 1324 BC), during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom. His original name, Tutankhaten, meant "Living Image of Aten", while Tutankhamun meant "Living Image of Amun". He is possibly also the Nibhurrereya of the Amarna letters.

In historical terms, Tutankhamun is of only moderate significance, and most of his modern popularity stems from the fact that his tomb in the Valley of the Kings was discovered almost completely intact. However, he is also significant as a figure who managed the beginning of the transition from the heretical Atenism of his predecessors Akhenaten and Smenkhkare back to the familiar Egyptian religion. As Tutankhamun began his reign at age 9, his vizier and eventual successor Ay was probably making most of the important political decisions during Tutankhamun's reign. Nonetheless, Tutankhamun is, in modern times, the one of the most famous of the Pharaohs, and the only one to have a nickname in popular culture ("King Tut"). The 1923 discovery by Howard Carter of Tutankhamun's nearly intact tomb (subsequently designated KV62) received worldwide press coverage and sparked a renewed public interest in ancient Egypt, of which Tutankhamun remains the popular face.

Tutankhamun's parentage is uncertain. An inscription calls him a king's son, but it is not clear which king was meant. Most scholars think that he was probably a son either of Amenhotep III (though probably not by his Great Royal Wife Tiye), or more likely a son of Amenhotep III's son Akhenaten around 1342 BC. However, Professor James Allen argues that Tutankhamun was more likely to be a son of the short-lived king Smenkhkare rather than Akhenaten. Allen argues that Akhenaten consciously chose a female co-regent named Neferneferuaten to succeed him rather than Tutankhamun which is unlikely if the latter was indeed his son.[2] Tutankhamun was married to Ankhesenpaaten (possibly his sister), and after the re-establishment of the traditional Egyptian religion the couple changed the –aten ending of their names to the –amun ending, becoming Ankhesenamun and Tutankhamun. They had two known children, both stillborn girls – their mummies were discovered in his tomb."

2006-12-12 14:34:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

In a way. Egyptian pharaohs were considered Sun Kings. Thus, King Tut was considered an actual descendant of the Gods.

2006-12-13 10:05:59 · answer #2 · answered by lani 2 · 0 0

The Egyptian gods are the following;
1. Montu - God of water
2. Amun - Creator God
3. Thoth - God of writing and knowledge
4. Khons - God of the moon
5. Horus - Royal protector
6. Sekhmet - Goddess of war
7. Sobek - Crocodile god
8. Anubis - God of the necropolis
9. Isis - Goddess of women
10. Osiris - God of death and rebirth
11. Hathor - Goddess of love

King Tut on the other hand was one of the pharaohs.

Howard Carter was a British archeologist, who in 1992 discovered one of the greatest archeological finds in history: the tomb of a young boy king. His name was Tutankhamen (too tahng KAH mun). He was the ruler of Egypt during the fourteenth century B.C. Today we know him as the famous King Tut. He only ruled for nine years, and he died before the age of twenty. Despite his short rule, he is the most remembered Egyptian kings in history.
When Carter discovered Tut’s tomb, there were many wonders to behold. His coffin was made of solid gold. It fit into another coffin. The second coffin fit into a third. That made three coffins of solid gold. They put every thing in his tomb that he would need for the after life, such as his throne, statues of his servants to serve him, and all sorts of furniture for him to use. Also, there was a statue of him standing over four feet (1,5m) tall. They even put a toy chest and art set from his childhood in the tomb. King Tut was truly a great King .

2006-12-12 14:44:53 · answer #3 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 0 0

King Tut, or Tutankhamen, was an Egyptian pharaoh. The pharaohs were considered to *be* gods (or their earthly avatars) by their subjects.

2006-12-12 14:32:26 · answer #4 · answered by Melanie D 3 · 1 0

Tut'ankh'amun replaced into the subsequent Pharoah of Egypt after the reign of Ak'naten, who's conventional for throwing over the universal Egyptian pantheon of Gods and Goddesses and changing the state faith with one that worshipped a single deity, the sunlight god Aten, and who additionally moved the capital of Egypt from Thebes, the centre of skill of the Amun clergymen, to a clean website, Tel el Armana. Tut'ankh'amun replaced into married to his sister Ankh'esan'amun. Tut'ankh'amun's call interprets to "residing photograph of Amun". it is not conventional what befell to end the reign of Ak'naten and his spouse, Nefertiti. what's conventional is that Tut'ankh'amun got here to the throne very early in his existence, around age 9 or 10. because of the fact of his youthful human beings, it incredibly is surmised that he ruled with the coaching of an grownup Regent or Vizier to point. it incredibly is conventional that his 2 maximum well known advisors have been Horemheb, the Egyptian military's familiar, and Ay, the administrative Amun priest. Early in his reign, the state faith replaced into reverted to that of the Amun led pantheon, probable under the impact of the effective Amun clergymen, and the capital replaced into back to Thebes. He did no longer do the rest memorable in his reign, greater probable because of the fact of its short length. He died in his early adulthood, around 19 or 20 on the very contemporary. He replaced into succeeded by using Horemheb and then Ay as Pharoah. there is a few advice that he replaced into murdered, yet it incredibly is inconclusive. Tut'ankh'amun is ultimate conventional for the actuality his tomb had no longer been wiped sparkling out by using robbers previously being discovered by using Howard Carter contained in the early 1920's (1922 i think of, yet you will would desire to ascertain that). It have been opened and resealed, yet its contents, although jumbled, have been intact. it incredibly is as much as i will relate from the ideal of my head. in case you do information superhighway searches you will discover so plenty greater advice and photos you may upload on your document. i'm hoping that's efficient besides. in simple terms as a sidebar, a prior answer does make an incredibly good element. Grammar, grammar, grammar - it under no circumstances hurts, and would help to hold your marks up to your document.....

2016-10-05 06:05:54 · answer #5 · answered by cosco 4 · 0 0

All pharoahs were considered living gods

2006-12-12 17:51:29 · answer #6 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0 0

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