Intro to Ancient Egypt - King Tut Bio
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Ancient Egypt
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Introduction to Ancient Egypt timeline activity | King Tut Timeline / King Tutankhamen Timeline
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- Akenaten and Nefertiti rule as equals
- Who was King Tut?
- Akhenaten and his chief wife, Nefertiti, were a royal power couple. Ancient art depicts Nefertiti in ways that make it clear that she ruled alongside Akhenaten.
- Tutankhamen is Born
- Religious Reform
- New God
- Old Gods
- We shall name him Tutankhaten, to honor the sun god Aten!
- Akhenaten and Nefertiti attempted to replace the existing polytheistic religion with a monotheistic worship of Aten, god of the sun. They destroyed many temples in the process.
- Akhenaten has a son. He names him, "Living image of Aten." This is further evidence of Nefertiti and Akhenaten's commitment to their new monotheistic religion.
- Tutankhamun Rules for Ten Years
- Let's forget about the mistakes of my father...I am Tutankhamun!
- Akhenaten's son became Pharoah at the age of nine or ten. His name was changed to Tutankhamun, to honor the old gods that his father tried to erase.
- Tut's Tomb is Discovered
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- In 1922, Howard Carter and his crew discovered the nearly untouched tomb of Tutankhamun. The world became enthralled with the world of Ancient Egypt.
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