Name: Who Was King Tut?
ISBN: 9781101099636

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Roberta Edwards

Ever since Howard Carter uncovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, the young pharaoh has become a symbol of the wealth and mystery of ancient Egypt. Now, a two-and-a-half-year-long museum exhibit of Tut’s treasures is touring major cities in the U.S., drawing record crowds. This Who Was . . . ? is complete with 100 black-andwhite illustrations and explains the life and times of this ancient Egyptian ruler, covering the story of the tomb’s discovery, as well as myths and so-called mummy curses.

Who Was King Tut?

Highlights the life of the boy pharaoh, describes the process by which his body and his tomb were prepared for the afterlife, and describes the search and excavation of his tomb in 1922.

Missy Zuber 

Good enough for the younger readers but I felt that they left out information that the younger set should know.

1. Tut married his sister. They completely left out mentioning that she was his sister. Children should know that the royals tended to marry within the family to keep the line from going to outsiders though there were cases where they married foreigners or nobility.

2. The main gods were family and intermarried and even killed one another in jealousy, etc.

3. The fetuses found in Tut's tomb were more then likely those if his and his wife. Why else would you bury babies with him? I doubt a stranger's daughters would have ended up in his tomb.