Tutankhamun is the focus of Egyptian antiquities researchers, who have tried, since the discovery of his tomb by Howard Carter in 1922, to decipher the mystery surrounding the young pharaoh. Nefertiti, and the history of his inheritance to the throne.
King Tutankhamun mask
Among the matters that were raised about Tutankhamun, related to his famous golden mask, where the Egyptologist, Professor Joan Fletcher, addressed in his book “Valley of the Kings .. The Egyptian Golden Age”, where the British newspaper “Express” quoted Fletcher in 2021 as saying: “Tutankhamun’s mask” Ankh Amun is an example of ancient Egypt, very familiar, but like many of his treasures, he holds a great secret. Research indicates that Tutankhamun did not wear earrings after his childhood, so when he died at the age of twenty, he is not supposed to be depicted with pierced ears, He continued, "The mask may have been made for another pharaoh or a person of a high degree of importance, and not for Tutankhamun. The mask was not made for an adult male pharaoh. By comparing the gold used in making the face, it turned out that it is different from that used in the rest of the parts, and there is a visible welding line on the the mask".
Fletcher concluded his "theory" by saying: "The features of Tutankhamun's face were installed on the mask of a previous pharaoh or a pharaoh that may have been Nefertiti, due to the presence of pierced ears."
In the same context, Dr. Hussein Abdel-Baseer commented, explaining that the reason for building researcher Joan Fletcher’s belief on his theory is that the ears were pierced in the mask, and this is not evidence that the mask belonged to a woman, as you say, because in ancient Egypt the man used to wear the “throat” in the ear normally. Also, the same researcher makes pops at intervals to create a media sensation and achieve fame.
His father, Akhenaten, was placed inside the sarcophagus of a woman
Among the tales that revolve around the king, after the death of King Akhenaten and the assumption of the throne of Egypt by Tutankhamun, the latter returned to the ancient capital of Thebes, "currently Luxor", carrying with him the mummy of his father hidden inside the sarcophagus of a woman, where he buried him inside tomb No. 55 carved in the Valley of the Kings.
real cemetery finder
Archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass had a rare account of the circumstances of the discovery of the tomb in 1922, in which he says: Carter worked on the cemetery site for ten years, and discovered with the cemetery 5,398 artifacts that are currently in the Egyptian Museum. Lord Carnarvon, Carter's patron, was bitten by a mosquito and died as a result, but what most people did not know was that the real credit or the real reason for discovering it was for a 12-year-old boy at the time, and his task was to transport water to workers at the work site, his name was "Hussain Abdul-Rasoul", and he discovered The opening of the cemetery when “Zir” was dropping water from the back of the donkey, so Carter put it on it, and this “Hussain” belonged to the family of Abdul-Rasoul, who revealed the cache of the mummies. Throughout his life, he was content with showing tourists his picture wearing the pharaonic necklace.
The King's Tomb is humble
Tutankhamun's tomb No. 62 in the Valley of the Kings is very modest in terms of size and architectural design compared to other tombs in this site, due to the arrival of Tutankhamun to the throne at a very young age and he ruled for only nine years.
There has been many speculations about the small size of Tutankhamun's tomb (KV62), when his successor, the great leader Ai, died, he was buried in the tomb (KV23), which may have originally been dedicated to Tutankhamun but was not completed at the time of the death of the young king. It is the same argument for the tomb of Caliph Ay, the commander and King Horemheb (KV57), if this is the case, it is not clear who carved the tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), but it is said that it did exist, either as a private tomb or as a storage area which was later expanded to receive The mummy of the king..
Controversy over the death of the king
According to the British newspaper "The Sun", the young king died more than 3000 years ago at the age of 19, and the condition of the king's mummy appeared with an injured leg after a terrible accident in the chariot, and the young king is one of the most famous pharaohs in Egypt, and experts have spent decades in Bickering over the cause of his untimely death, bone fragments in his skull suggest he was assassinated, while a broken shin bone indicates the golden boy's death was an accident.
Dr. Zahi Hawass said: We know that he suffered a fracture in his left leg and that this fracture was an accident that happened to him two days before his death. An accident, which means he died in a vehicle."
Some experts believe that bone fragments found in the boy's skull 60 years ago reveal that Tut was assassinated by a hard blow to the head, however, later analyzes have shown that the damage occurred after death, most likely during the mummification process.
Sun, Mar. 6, 2022
