KING TUTANKHAMUN

Carter Smith | 1st hour

Who was Howard Carter?

Howard Carter was born in

1874 in England1
Howard Carter came to Egypt
to study archaeology when he
was 17 years old2
He was a very good artist,
which he inherited from his
dad3
Carter worked for 5 years in
Egypt before finding anything
important4

 Howard Carter found King Tuts

tomb5
He found a stone wall with a
sarcophagus on February
17,1923
Carters workmen began working
on November 1, 19226
Lord Carnarvon help to fund
Howard Carter in looking for King
Tut
Lord Carnarvon told Carter that
he was going to stop funding but
Carter begged for 10 more days
and within those 10 days he
found King Tut
Once Carter found King Tut he
telegraphed Lord Carnarvon, who
was in London and it took him 3
weeks to get to Egypt7

 King Tut was the 12th King of the

18th Dynasty8
He was married to
Ankhesenamon who was the 3rd
Daughter of Queen Nefertiti9
He died when he was only 19
and there are many speculations
around his death10
Tut lived in Akhenaten11
Tuts parents were brother and
sister12
He had longer arms and legs,
which was called Marfan
Syndrome13
He also had Craniosynostosis
which is a long gated head14
He also had scoliosis (a curved
spine) which made it hard for
him to walk15

The Tomb
King Tuts tomb was found in
192316
Anubis guarded the entrance to
the treasury17

There were 4 miniature coffins found

in the tomb, and in each one there
were King Tuts organs (lungs, liver,
stomach, and intestines)18
The goddess Selket guarded the shrine
containing the organs19
There were 4 layers on Tuts tomb20
King Tut was buried with his two
stillborn daughters and a piece of hair
from his grandmother Queen Tiye21

 King Tut is hold a flail in his

left had on the
Sarcophagus22
A flail is a tool that helps
separate grain from their
husks23
In Tuts right hand he is
holding a crook24
A crook is a tool that was
used by shepherds to help
gather and moves their
flocks of sheep25

 Last year the beard on King

Tuts sarcophagus was broken
off by a museum worker26
The worker tried to cover it up
by using super glue27
When they had to go in and
fix the beard, they found what
they thought was King Tuts
name in Hieroglyphs28
They found out that it was
actually Queen Nefertitis
sarchaphagus29

The Mummys Curse

Lord Carnarvon died just 4
months after they found King
Tut30
Once Lord Carnarvon died in
London all of the lights went
out in Cairo31
Carters canary, that he got for
good luck, was eaten by a
cobra the day that Carter found
Tut32
A cobra was on the brow of
King Tut33

Quick Facts on King Tut:

Tut was born in 1343 in Amarna
Tuts mom was Nefertiti
He married his half sister
He was only 9 when he came to
power and he was a minor king,
but is famous for his tomb
He was born in the Valley of the
Kings 70 days after his death38
3,500 different items were found
in his tomb
His sarcophagus weighs 10 kilos
which is 22 pounds
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Little known Fact about King Tut

King Tut was not killed from a head
wound41
King Tuts head was impaled after
his death possibly by Carters
excavation team42
Tut had broken a leg right before his
death and it supposedly got an
infection and this is how he died43
Tut also had Malaria which may
have made his body weaker and
easier to get infections44

Tes, King Tut Mummy King,

https://
www.tes.com/lessons/rRtIfK5
BnITTFA/egyptian-sights-tra
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, 30 January 2016.

Allezallie, No Caption,
https://allezallie.wordpre
ss.com/2010/07/02/king-tut
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/ , 30 January 2016.

Sheilds around the world, No caption, http://

www.shieldsaroundtheworld.com/pichtml/p00025
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, 30 January 2016.

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Endnotes
1
No Author, Bio, Howard Carter, available from http://www.biography.com/people/howard-carter-20683395 28 January 2016.
2
Nicholas Reeves, Into the Mummies Tomb, (New York: Madison Press, 1992), 22.
3
No Author, Bio, Howard Carter, available from http://www.biography.com/people/howard-carter-20683395 28 January 2016.
4
No Author, Bio, Howard Carter, available from http://www.biography.com/people/howard-carter-20683395 28 January 2016.
5
Nicholas Reeves Into the Mummies Tomb, (New York: Madison Press, 1992), 22.
6
Joyce Tyldesley, Wonderful Things, Calliope, October 2013, 4.
7
Joyce Tyldesley, Wonderful Things, Calliope, October 2013, 3.
8
Margaret Bunson, Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, (Oxford: Facts on File, 1991), 268.
9
Margaret Bunson, Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, (Oxford: Facts on File, 1991), 268.
10
Margaret Bunson, Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, (Oxford: Facts on File, 1991), 268.
11
Joyce Tyldesley, Wonderful Things, Calliope, October 2013, 13.
12
Joyce Tyldesley, Wonderful Things, Calliope, October 2013, 22.
13
Joyce Tyldesley, Wonderful Things, Calliope, October 2013, 20.
14
Joyce Tyldesley, Wonderful Things, Calliope, October 2013, 20.
15
Joyce Tyldesley, Wonderful Things, Calliope, October 2013, 21.
16
George Hart, Eye witnessing Ancient Egypt, (New York: Eye witnessing Guide, 2004, 23.
17
Nicholas Reeves, Into the Mummies Tomb, (New York: Madison Press, 1992), 39.
18
Nicholas Reeves, Into the Mummies Tomb, (New York: Madison Press, 1992), 39.
19
Nicholas Reeves, Into the Mummies Tomb, (New York: Madison Press, 1992), 39.
20
Nicholas Reeves, Into the Mummies Tomb, (New York: Madison Press, 1992), 9.
21
George Hart, Eye witnessing Ancient Egypt, (New York: Eye witnessing Guide, 2004, 23.
No author, Penn Museum, Egyptian Pharaohs, available from http://www.penn.museum/documents/education/egypt_jwf.pdf , 27
January 2016.
No author, Penn Museum, Egyptian Pharaohs, available from http://www.penn.museum/documents/education/egypt_jwf.pdf , 27
January 2016.
No author, Penn Museum, Egyptian Pharaohs, available from http://www.penn.museum/documents/education/egypt_jwf.pdf , 27
January 2016.
No author, Penn Museum, Egyptian Pharaohs, available from http://www.penn.museum/documents/education/egypt_jwf.pdf , 27
January 2016.

Mark Millmore, Discovering Egypt, Newsletter 44 was Tutankhamuns funeral mask made for Queen Nefertiti, available from
http://discoveringegypt.com/discovering-egypt-newsletter/newsletter-44-was-tutankhamuns-funeral-mask-made-for-queen-nefertiti/ , 27 January
2016.
27
Mark Millmore, Discovering Egypt, Newsletter 44 was Tutankhamuns funeral mask made for Queen Nefertiti, available from
http://discoveringegypt.com/discovering-egypt-newsletter/newsletter-44-was-tutankhamuns-funeral-mask-made-for-queen-nefertiti/ , 27 January
2016.
28
Mark Millmore, Discovering Egypt, Newsletter 44 was Tutankhamuns funeral mask made for Queen Nefertiti, available from
http://discoveringegypt.com/discovering-egypt-newsletter/newsletter-44-was-tutankhamuns-funeral-mask-made-for-queen-nefertiti/ , 27 January
2016.
29
Mark Millmore, Discovering Egypt, Newsletter 44 was Tutankhamuns funeral mask made for Queen Nefertiti, available from
http://discoveringegypt.com/discovering-egypt-newsletter/newsletter-44-was-tutankhamuns-funeral-mask-made-for-queen-nefertiti/ , 27 January
2016.
30
James Putnam, Mummy, (New York: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Inc., 2000), 40.
31
James Putnam, Mummy, (New York: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Inc., 2000), 40.
32
James Putnam, Mummy, (New York: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Inc., 2000), 40.
33
James Putnam, Mummy, (New York: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Inc., 2000), 40.
34
No Author, History Embalmed, Facts about King Tut, available from http://www.historyembalmed.org/life-of-king-tut/facts-about-king-tut.htm ,
30 January 2016.
35
No Author, History Embalmed, Facts about King Tut, available from http://www.historyembalmed.org/life-of-king-tut/facts-about-king-tut.htm ,
30 January 2016.
36
No Author, History Embalmed, Facts about King Tut, available from http://www.historyembalmed.org/life-of-king-tut/facts-about-king-tut.htm ,
30 January 2016.
37
No Author, History Embalmed, Facts about King Tut, available from http://www.historyembalmed.org/life-of-king-tut/facts-about-king-tut.htm ,
30 January 2016.
38
No Author, History Embalmed, Facts about King Tut, available from http://www.historyembalmed.org/life-of-king-tut/facts-about-king-tut.htm ,
30 January 2016.
39
No Author, History Embalmed, Facts about King Tut, available from http://www.historyembalmed.org/life-of-king-tut/facts-about-king-tut.htm ,
30 January 2016.
40
No Author, History Embalmed, Facts about King Tut, available from http://www.historyembalmed.org/life-of-king-tut/facts-about-king-tut.htm ,
30 January 2016.
41
No Author, History, 6 Secrets of King Tut, available from http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/6-secrets-of-king-tut , 30 January 2016.
42
No Author, History, 6 Secrets of King Tut, available from http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/6-secrets-of-king-tut , 30 January 2016.
43
No Author, History, 6 Secrets of King Tut, available from http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/6-secrets-of-king-tut , 30 January 2016.
44
No Author, History, 6 Secrets of King Tut, available from http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/6-secrets-of-king-tut , 30 January 2016.
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Hart, George. Eye witnessing Ancient Egypt. New York: Eye witnessing Guide, 2004.
Millmore, Mark. Newsletter 44 was Tutankhamuns funeral mask made for Queen
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