Assignment On King Tut's Cause Of Death
ASSIGNMENT 1: ESSAY
Tutankhamen died young. However his cause of death is unknown. Did he die of an injury, illness, or was he murdered?
Name: Katrina Price
Professor: Alan Rogers
Course: HUM111
Date: 11/2/2014
King Tut was born in 1341 B.C. and given the name Tutankhaten, which meant “the living image of Aten.” He was the 12th king of the 18th Egyptian dynasty and the last heir of a powerful family that ruled Egypt and its empire for centuries. The same year he took power he married his half-sister and changed his name to Tutankhamun, which meant “the living image of Amun”. He reign over the Egyptian dynasty from 1332 B.C. until his untimely demise in 1323 B.C. Did he die of an injury, of illness, or murder?
For many years it was
Tutankhamen died young. However his cause of death is unknown. Did he die of an injury, illness, or was he murdered?
Name: Katrina Price
Professor: Alan Rogers
Course: HUM111
Date: 11/2/2014
King Tut was born in 1341 B.C. and given the name Tutankhaten, which meant “the living image of Aten.” He was the 12th king of the 18th Egyptian dynasty and the last heir of a powerful family that ruled Egypt and its empire for centuries. The same year he took power he married his half-sister and changed his name to Tutankhamun, which meant “the living image of Amun”. He reign over the Egyptian dynasty from 1332 B.C. until his untimely demise in 1323 B.C. Did he die of an injury, of illness, or murder?
For many years it was