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Seventy days after his death, King Tut is buried in a tomb located in the Valley of the Kings. King Tut's innermost sarcophagus is made up entirely of gold. and weighed approximately six tons. The location of King Tut's burial site would remain unknown for thousands of years.
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King Tut dies at an early age of almost 19 years old. The cause of his death was from an infection in his leg. He most likely got this injury from falling off a chariot. This theory was only recently proven correct by Egyptian scientists in 2005.
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King Tut and his wife must leave their home town Amarna and relocate to Thebes. The move signified the restororation of power to the priests of the god Amun.
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After being married for only four years, Ankhesenamun becomes pregnant with two daughters. Sadly, one infant was still born, and the other died shortly after birth. They did not have any other children.
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After ruling for 17 years, King Tut's father died in 1337 B.C. This made King Tut the new Pharoah of Egypt at the age of nine. King Tut made very important decisions as Pharaoh though his reign would last only nine years.
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At the age of nine, King Tut marries his half-sister Ankhesenamun. Ankhesenamun was thirteen years old making her four years older than Tut. The meaning of Ankhesenamun's name is "Living through Amun."
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King Tutankhamun was born in 1341 B.C. in Amarha which was the new capital of Egypt. King Tut's original name was Tutankhaten. His name would later be changed to Tutankhamun to honor Amun, the creator of life.
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Almost two centuries after King Tut's death, his tomb is discovered by a man named Howard Carter. Along with King Tut's sarcophagus, Carter unearthed many valuable treasures such as two chariots, fine jewelry, musical instruments and life size statues.
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Howard Carter enters the sealed burial chamber of King Tut. Inside the chamber Carter discovers Tut's sarcophagus. Carter opens the layers revealing Tut's mumified body.
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A team of Egyptian scientists are given Tut's body to conduct a CT scan on the mummy. They discovered that Tut badly broke his leg, and it soon became infected which ultimately killed him. This finding set rumors to rest that Tut had been murdered.
