Tutankhamun's tomb?

Question

Did Egyptologists know about Tutankhamun before the discovery of his tomb in 1922? If so how? and what did they know?

Answer 1

I am just re-reading Howard Carters book on the discovery of King Tut's tomb.
The king was known about, as was his wife and parents, but what was not known and is still a speculation was how he died.
Howard knew that the tomb existed, but was unsure of where it was. May people had searched for it but were in the wrong places.
Howard logically assumed that the spot was an overlooked area that many searchers had used as a collection point for the debris from other tombs. Howard had his workers begin clearing the old debris away and located workers housing under the piles of rubble. This encouragement caused the digging to continue which ultimately revealed a stairway leading to a subterranean chamber. This first chamber showed signs of grave robber activity and disheartened the searchers. They also gave thought to the idea that the chamber was a storage area for some other tomb. When they observed a patched area on one wall they also thought that this may have been a repaired from an earlier grave robbery. They also discovered a crawl space under a couch which lead them to the next chamber. However when they reached the actual burial chamber Howard was stunned by the mass of artifacts that appeared to be intact.
If I recall correctly, this was one of the most intact tombs to be discovered in modern times. Most of the others had been the victim of grave robbers which 'destroyed' evidence of the original glory of the entombed kings.
King Tut was known through the Ancient Egyption scrolls and history. He was also 'noted' on may building engravings.

Answer 2

Yes. We have a fairly good idea of their order through time, though often scholars disagree about specific dates related to our current form of the calendar. Our evidence of their order comes mostly from various "kings' lists, that almost exclusively were made during the New Kingdom. Another source is the Egyptian history written by Manetho, an Egyptian priest, but over the years, there have been modifications to both the kings' lists and Manetho's history made through archaeological discovery. Nevertheless, there are periods of Egyptian history, particularly those known as intermediate periods, where very little information exits on who ruled (usually only a part of) Egypt.

Basically, Manetho divided up ancient Egyptian history into thirty dynasties, though this division is a bit difficult, and modern scholarship has proven it to be not completely (and sometimes not at all) accurate. Most of the time, a dynasty consisted of a related family of rulers, though sometimes dynasties seem to have been broken up due to the establishment of a new capital. In a number of instances, modern Egyptologists believe that he may have been incorrect about the end of a family line.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

He was well known about - WHich was why Howard Carter was convinced there was an undiscoveed tomb left in the Valley of the Kings. Check out Wiki for more...

Answer 5

You forget that Egyptian hieroglyphics are all over all the old cities and temples that are left and are there for all to see most of the history of the Pharaohs are there for all to read . although hieroglyphics were not properly understood until the late forties, there was some universial understanding due to the Rosseta stone discoverd in the late seveteen hundreds

Answer 6

They knew of him because of King lists, other references to him as a son or brother; his name on buildings.

They had been looking for his tomb, along with others for quite a while before they found it.

Answer 7

He faded from the public consciousness in Egypt soon after he died and was unknown until the dicovery of his tomb in the early 20th century. This is probably due to the difficulty in learning to translate heirogyphics. Once this was done, the history recorded in these texts was easier to interpret.

Answer 8

Tut was the son of a very interesting dynasty - he was known about and searches had been made for his tomb.

Answer 9

From other ancient records