Now fulfilled with the view of how the middle lived, I sought to see the rule of the son of Akhenaton, the famous pharaoh Tutankhamun. He ruled around during the end of the 1300's and was son of Akhenaton & minor wife, and was originally named Tutankhaton. I saw during his reign the collapse of the religion that his father had worked so hard to create. He restored priests and moved the capital back to Thebes, but since he was so young I believe that he might have been a puppet. He died from an apparent head injury at 18 and had no completed tomb at the time, so he used the tomb of a noble instead. This may have been the reason for such a late discovery in 1922 by Howard Carter who was shocked to find unsurpassed treasures and the mummy of a young pharaoh. He is remembered now as the pharaoh who restored traditional Egyptian religion, thereby playing a part in the characteristics of civilizations by reversing a religious revolution.
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Sarcophagus of King Tut
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Interior of King Tut's Tomb
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