FACTS ABOUT KING TUT

1. When his mummy was tested, the DNA showed he had malaria and it might have caused his death. This is the oldest evidence of malaria ever found.
2. The tomb includes a dagger that the Egyptians considered of “extraterrestrial origin”. It turns out it was made from a meteorite.
3. The innermost coffin was made of 110 kilos of solid gold, worth an estimated $5 million. There were three coffins that fit into each other like Russian dolls.  The outermost coffin proved to be too long for the sarcophagus so the workers trimmed the toes to get the lid to close.
4. The Death Mask has a spell from the Egyptian Book of the Dead carved in it. The spell gives directions to the afterlife and provides protection.  It is unclear if it worked.

5,  He was not buried in a pyramid, that was only done in the Old Kingdom.  He lived in the New Kingdom, thousands of years later.  He was buried in the Valley of the Kings.  The Egyptians forgot where the tomb was, so another tomb was excavated on top of it.  King Tut’s tomb was robbed, the outer room with the robbers apparently disturbed in the act.  Then later the other tomb was robbed and debris covered the entrance to King Tut’s tomb, thus hiding it from future looters.  Since his was a rather austere tomb by Egyptian standards, we can only imagine the riches in a powerful pharaoh’s tomb.  The inner part of the tomb remained sealed for 3,341 years.

6. King Tut reigned from age 9-18.
7. His parents were probably brother and sister. The Egyptians royal families did not believe in diluting the blood line with non-royalty.  This resulted in a clubbed foot, an overbite, a potbelly, and the need of a cane.  130 walking sticks were found in the tomb.  And orthopedic sandals with his enemies painted on the soles so he would trod on his foes.  Apparently, the royals never put two and two together.  Plus, after he married his half-sister, they had two still-born babies (which were mummified and buried in his tomb).
8. His father had been a religious radical who tried to convert the Egyptians to worshipping one god – Aton. Tut’s original name was Tutankhaton (“living image of the Aton”).  He changed it after this father’s death to Tutankhamun.  Amun was the top among all the gods.
9. In 2014, the Death Mask’s beard fell off when cleaning. The workers glued it back on, like anyone would.  It was not proper procedure and they were prosecuted and forced to pay heavy fines.
10. An ostrich fan had inscriptions telling us that Tut was a big fan of ostrich hunting. It was dangerous because he did it in a chariot.  Some believe it was a hunting accident that killed him, or at least left him a cripple.
11. It was important to mummify the heart separately. The Egyptians felt the heart was the center of intelligence, not the brain.  The brains would be thrown away.  The thing is, Tut’s heart was not found.  This may mean he died far from home and his heart didn’t make the trip home well.
12. On April 16, 1939 two trumpets found in the tomb were played over the radio with an estimated 150 million listeners.

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