Discovering tut the

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 His Life
 Reign : Given his age, the king
probably had very powerful advisers,
presumably including General
Horemheb and the Vizier
Ay.Horemheb records that the king
appointed him "lord of the land "as
hereditary prince to maintain law. He
also noted his ability to calm the
young king when his temper flared.
 Domestic policy: In his third regnal year,
Tutankhamun reversed several changes made
during his father's reign. He ended the worship
of the god Aten and restored the god Amun to
supremacy. The ban on the cult of Amun was
lifted and traditional privileges were restored
to its priesthood. The capital was moved back
to Thebes and the city of Akhetaten
abandoned.
 This is when he changed his name to Tutankhamun,
"Living image of Amun", reinforcing the restoration of
Amun
 • As part of his restoration, the king initiated building
projects, in particular at Thebes and Karnak where he
dedicated a temple to Amun.
 Many monuments were erected, and an inscription on
his tomb door declares the king had "spent his life in
fashioning the images of the gods". The traditional
festivals were now celebrated again, including those
related to the Apis Bull Horemakhet, and Opet .
 His restoration stela says: “The temples of the gods and
goddesses ... were in ruins. Their shrines were deserted
and overgrown. Their sanctuaries were as non-existent
and their courts were used as roads ... the gods turned
their backs upon this land ... If anyone made a prayer to
a god for advice he would never respond.”
THE MOST FAMOUS LEGEND IS PHARAOH’S CURSE. OTHERS STOOD SILENTLY, PERHAPS
PONDERING TUT’S UNTIMELY DEATH IN HIS LATE TEENS, OR WONDERING WITH A
SHIVER IF THE PHARAOH’S CURSE — DEATH OR MISFORTUNE FALLING UPON THOSE
WHO DISTURBED HIM — WAS REALLY TRUE.
THE NIGHT OF THE SCAN, WORKMEN CARRIED TUT FROM THE TOMB IN HIS BOX. LIKE
PALLBEARERS THEY CLIMBED A RAMP AND A FLIGHT OF STAIRS INTO THE SWIRLING
SAND OUTSIDE, THEN ROSE ON A HYDRAULIC LIFT INTO THE TRAILER THAT HELD THE
SCANNER. TWENTY MINUTES LATER TWO MEN EMERGED, SPRINTED FOR AN OFFICE
NEARBY, AND RETURNED WITH A PAIR OF WHITE PLASTIC FANS. THE MILLION-DOLLAR
SCANNER HAD QUIT BECAUSE OF SAND IN A COOLER FAN. “CURSE OF THE PHARAOH,”
JOKED A GUARD NERVOUSLY.

The legends associated with him

 The pharaoh’s
curse
 Others stood silently, perhaps pondering Tut’s untimely death in his late teens,
or wondering with a shiver if the pharaoh’s curse — death or misfortune
falling upon those who disturbed him — was really true.
 The night of the scan, workmen carried Tut from the tomb in his box. Like
pallbearers they climbed a ramp and a flight of stairs into the swirling sand
outside, then rose on a hydraulic lift into the trailer that held the scanner.
Twenty minutes later two men emerged, sprinted for an office nearby, and
returned with a pair of white plastic fans. The million-dollar scanner had quit
because of sand in a cooler fan. “Curse of the pharaoh,” joked a guard
nervously.
 Treasure

For his journey to the great beyond, King Tut was lavished with glittering goods:
precious collars, inlaid necklaces and bracelets, rings, amulets, a ceremonial apron,
sandals, sheaths for his fingers and toes, and the now iconic inner coffin and mask
— all of pure gold.
 Role of Howard Carter in
Tut’s discovery
Howard Carter, was a British archaeologist. He was the man who
first discovered Tut's tomb in 1922. He found three nested coffins
of Tut. He finally reached the most famous and beautiful mummy of
the world.
 Deeds that led Ray Johnson to describe
Akhenaten as ‘wacky’
Akhenaten means the servant of the Aten i.e. the sun disc. He moved
the religious capital from the old city of the Thebes to the new city of
Akhenaten, known now as Amarna. He smashed the images of Amun, a
major God, and closed his temples. These deeds led Ray Jonson to
describe Akhenaten as ‘Wacky’.
Tut’s life as well as death wrapped in
mystery