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Tutankhamen was the son of Pharaoh Akhenaten, the heretic king and his wife Kiya. His birthplace was probably Amarna, the new city created by Akenaten and settled in 1345BC when he moved the population from Thebes
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Family of King Tut, the Pharaoh Tutankhamun
The family of King Tut include some the most famous characters in Ancient Egyptian history. Their lives are surrounded with chaotic and revolutionary changes in Egypt. -
A team of Egyptian scientists led by Dr. Zahi Hawass, the Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, conduct a CT scan on the mummy revealing that the skull injury was likely to have been caused during the embalming process. Damage to the left thighbone suggested that Tutankhamun badly broke his leg before he died, and his leg became infected
