2. Tutankhamen was an Egyptian pharaoh of the
18th dynasty. During the period of Egyptian
history known as the New Kingdom. He is
popularly referred to as King Tut. His original
name, Tutankhaten, means "Living Image of
Aten", while Tutankhamun means "Living
Image of Amun.
3. He was born in Tell el-Amarna but he lived on
Cairo (Egypt).
He was born in 1341 BC and he died in 1323
BC with only 18 years old.
He ruled from 1332 to 1323 BC.
This This
Is Is
Tell Cairo
El
Amarna
4. The person that discovered the tomb of
Tutankhamen was Howard Carter in 1922.
He discovered the tomb in the Valley of the
Kings, opposite to Luxor, Egypt.
He
is
Howard
Carter
5. In 1922 the discovery of
the virtually intact tomb
of Tutankhamun became
probably the best known
and most spectacular
archaeological find
anywhere in the world.
The small tomb contained
hundreds of objects (now
housed in the Egyptian
Museum in Cairo), many
richly decorated and
covered in gold, that
would be needed by the
king in his afterlife.
That are only a few
treasures.
6. The wealth and mastery of
the objects belonging to
the treasure of his tomb
are of incalculable artistic
value. Perhaps the most
well-known by the public
is the funerary mask that
represents the young
pharaoh. Nearly all of the
artifacts found there can
be referred to in the
Egyptian Museum of Cairo.
Among the reasons really
valid of the fame of the
important discovery.
This is a species of key of
the tomb.
