How old was king tut when he died?
the teacher says 18...
I say 19
Who's right?
2007-12-20 04:39:16 · 11 answers · asked by Core 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
You are both right, according to the BBC news and other sources it is ESTIMATED he was around 18-19.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7077423.stm...
"Tutankhamun died at ABOUT the age of 19"
2007-12-20 04:50:49 · answer #1 · answered by FREDOAK3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was 9 when he became king, he ruled Egypt for 10 years, 9 + 10= 19, he died at the age of nineteen.
2007-12-20 07:42:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it has been absolutely determined yet. I have heard anywhere from 17-28. But why do you ask? Does it really matter? Dead at such a young age, is nevertheless dead.
Bottom line, he was in actuality, an inconsequential Pharaoh. His only claim to fame was that he was found with most of his funerary artifacts in tact: nothing else.
Wotan
2007-12-20 04:51:58 · answer #3 · answered by Alberich 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tut was 19.
2007-12-20 04:45:35 · answer #4 · answered by staisil 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe it was 19 but what does one year matter? I mean there were thousands and thousands of years of Ancient Egypt one year is nothing.
We're actually really lucky we can estimate it that close. Most of what we know about Egypt is ify. Circumstancial evidence based on more circumstancial evidence. It wasn't until just recently that we could conclude that him and his father were definately related. We're not even sure exactly who his mother was. (It's commonly believed his mother was Kiya but even that is disputed)
2007-12-20 04:51:11 · answer #5 · answered by Ten Commandments 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You both are probably right. He was near the end of his teens when he died.
How he died is still debated.
2007-12-20 07:37:28 · answer #6 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1341 BC - 1323 BC = 18
2007-12-20 04:45:36 · answer #7 · answered by Squat1 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
18 or 19 or 20
Precise dating of New Kingdom events isn't possible.
2007-12-20 05:01:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
he was 14 !
2007-12-20 04:45:05 · answer #9 · answered by Vicky S 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Your teacher
2007-12-20 04:43:02 · answer #10 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋