Tutankhamun

One of Egypt’s most famous pharaohs’ is Tutankhamun. Although we don’t know who his parents were, he was born in 1330bc. He lived in the palace of Queen Nefertiti in Amarna until he became king of Egypt when he was only nine years old. After becoming king of Egypt, he married Nefertiti. They ended up having two stillborn children. He unexpectedly died at the age of eighteen where his vizier, or his high official, Ay quickly became king. After modern examinations on Tutankhamun’s corpse, scientists found that he was most likely killed from a hit in the head that could have been an accident or a murder. They suspect if it was a murder it was most-likely his vizier because he became king so unexpectedly. He was buried in a small tomb close to his father’s or grandfather’s in the Valley of the Kings. His tomb was later discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter.