King Tut Research Paper

King Tutankhamun death is a mystery that puzzles many historians, and archeologist. Many theories include, falling from a chariot, being killed by a hippo or crocodile, infection, malaria, or as I believe being assassinated. Many clues and hints have been given to support this theory. In the article Mysteries of Egypt, an X-ray was given of King Tut's skull, it revealed a blood clot at the base of his head. Could this have been caused by a traumatic hit to the head? Who would do such a thing? King Tut's elderly chief advisor Ay, is most suspected to have murdered the famous pharaoh. From the day of his birth to the time of his death Tut had a clubbed foot, and studies show he had a malaria. Did Ay murder him just for power, and blame it

King Tut ruled for approximately ten years. He was only a kid when he started ruling too. I’m sure he didn’t know what he was doing as well. King Tut didn’t exactly rule either, he had elders that controlled what he did. Although, he didn’t have much time to do anything when he ruled. Although he is the most known pharaoh to us, he was nothing to the egyptians. He hardly did anything for

Ankhesenamun had sent a letter to the Hittites king about sending her a prince for her to marry but someone killed him. A normal person could not of killed him because the prince was send with a large group of people so only a whole army could kill him and Horemheb was in charge of the army. Horemheb might not of wanted a Hittites prince to rule Egypt because the Hittites were Egypt’s enemies. Also if Horemheb had a plan, sending a letter to the Hittites King might not of been part of it his plan so he had to kill the Hittites prince. That is one reason why Horemheb might of killed King Tut.

Oedipus is the king of Thebes and unknown to him he is married to his mother Jocasta queen of Thebes. He does not realize that many years ago he had killed his real father without knowing it. Oedipus is seen as god like to the people of Thebes because it was him who solved the sphinxes riddles. In the play he is accused by Teiresias of killing the king and Oedipus blames his brother in law and kreon of trying to over throw him. Then his wife Jocasta comes into the scene and tells a story of how the king was killed. It is then that Oedipus learns of his childhood and becomes more suspicious then ever. He then calls a shepherd and a messenger to help answer questions. The people tell him to stop asking about the death because he may not like the answer but Oedipus makes the ultimate sacrifice and continues to

In a Smithsonian article by Matthew Shaer, titled “The Controversial Afterlife of King Tut”, he mentions that Zahi Hawass and his team noticed a break in his lower left femur seemed different than the breaks made by Carter. The break was ragged rather than sharp. This suggests that it was broken when he was alive. In the same article, Shaer also says that they noticed two layers of embalming material in the wound. History.com talks about how nobody knew that wounds needed to be kept clean so the wound would become infected with gangrene causing the leg to triple in size (History.com). This would explain why King Tut seems to have a “club foot”. The infection could have been caused by an accident involving a chariot, an animal, or both while hunting. Not much can contradict the evidence put forth proving that he must have died due to an infection in his lower left femur.

Akhenaten did not reign for a long period of time. He died in his eighteenth year of his reign due to unknown causes. However, the changes he made did not last long due to the sentiments of the strong Amen priesthood and the angry Egyptians whose traditions were destroyed by Akhenaten. His name and reign were erased from the royal records of the Egyptian Pharaohs. His city, Akhetaten, was dismantled by his successor and the stones were moved to Thebes for the building of other monuments. His religious and governmental reformations were undone, and the religious capital was back to Thebes with polytheistic beliefs. To add salt to wound, his coffin was defaced and his royal nameplate was erased. It was believed to be an ultimate disgrace to a Pharaoh as this punishment was meant to keep his soul from recognizing his body in the Afterlife and his soul would wander around forever without being able to reincarnate.

One theory suggests that King Tut was murdered. During an xray of the mummy in 1968, scientists found “bone fragments in King Tut’s skull prompting this theory”.

King Tut was killed in an accident so Ankhesnamun wrote a letter to the Hitike king asking for a prince. When King Tut was found he had a blow to the back of the head, a broken leg, and his right rib cage was missing, I got this information from a video called How King Tut Died. The young king died far from home. When the Hitike king sent one of his sons to become king of Egypt he was killed at the border of the country. Now Ankhesnamun married Aye, which

I think Tey was part of killing king tut. One reason i think this is because she wanted king tut gone because she didn’t want to be a servant anymore. One other

Born circa 1810 BC, King Hammurabi was the sixth ruler of the Amorite First Dynasty of Babylon. He ruled from 1792 until 1750 BC and accomplished many significant tasks. After taking the throne from his father, Sin-Muballit, he fought and conquered all of ancient Mesopotamia, expanding his beloved Kingdom. Hammurabi also strongly believed that the gods directed him to protect and bring order to his kingdom. Just like all of his other responsibilities, Hammurabi took it very seriously. Therefore, he went on and created his own laws, also known as The Code of Hammurabi. There were 282 laws that defined all aspects of life in the kingdom. They also were put in a public place so that everyone could see and learn them. However, if

Imagine you were King Tut and you were murdered. How would you feel if your husband/wife died? To me Horemheb and Tey were the cause of King Tut’s death. I say this because Horemheb and Tey ended up being king and queen of Egypt.

King Tutankhamun’s cause of death was a chariot accident resulting in gangrene. The first reason why this was the cause of his death, was that he loved to ride in his chariot and his clubfoot didn’t stop him. Even though King Tut had a clubfoot, he still did everything he loved because he has had one all his life. It’s known that King Tut had to have someone stabilize him before he rode, and someone rode with him. Is it possible that he decided to go out without completing all the safety precautions before? Another reason why King Tut surely died of a chariot accident and gangrene, was that it was extremely easy to get into a chariot accident. According to the video, he easily could have fallen. He could have been riding along, and since Egypt

Theseus wasn’t born a god of any kind, but he did have great strength. In the book Mythology by Edith Hamilton, you find out the great significance of Theseus and many other Greek gods. He spent his life performing selfless deeds for those in need. He also turned down the opportunity to rule over Athens, instead he wanted the people to be free and govern themselves. Even though he wasn't a god, he was one of the greatest heros mentioned in Greek mythology.

Horemheb killed Tut because he wanted to be a step closer to becoming king.According to the video,”Tut vanished

Thebans sought Oedipus, their King, to find the cause of the plague and to resolve it. It is revealed to Creon by an oracle at Delphi that the plague was due to the unpunished murder of King Laius. Creon, Oedipus?s brother-in-law, relayed this information. Oedipus, being the dutiful king that he was, sought the prophet Teiresias on the premise that the prophet could explain the cause of the plague. Sadly, Oedipus did not realize that by calling for this prophet would, in turn, reveal a dark secret that would eventually lead to the ruin of Oedipus. Teirsias proclaims,? I say you are the murderer of the king whose murderer you seek.? (1009). The proclamation, along with a suggestion of incest on Oedipus?s part, Oedipus failed to understand. This was the prophets attempt to explain to Oedipus that he, Oedipus, had killed King Laius. Oedipus still does not realize that the man and servants he encountered that day at the crossroads was King Laius. This set of events is another example of how a decision made by Oedipus contributed to his downfall.