The king has been portrayed as a proto-Christian ... “Aten” in his name with the title of the god that his father had hated: Tutankhamun. He abandoned Amarna and returned to the old traditions.

Who were his mother and father? What became of his widow, Ankhesenamun? Are the two mummified fetuses found in his tomb King Tutankhamun's own prematurely born children, or tokens of purity to ...

Born Tutankhaten, in honor of the sun god Aten, King Tut changed his name to Tutankhamun during his reign. This shift signified his rejection of his father's religious reforms and his restoration ...

His father, the so-called heretic ... mask's features proves that over 100 years after Tutankhamun's rediscovery, the afterlife of the young king continues to inspire the public imagination ...

Tutankhamun, or King Tut as he is also known ... Tutankhamun became pharaoh after the death of his father Akhenaten. Some people liked how Akhenaten ruled but others didn't.

Ever since British archaeologist Howard Carter first peered into the tomb of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, 100 years ago, the mystery of the boy king's death has captivated historians and ...

Gazing on the face of a prehistoric Egyptian king makes these ethereal and majestic ... It is most likely these are the daughters of Tutankhamun and his wife Ankhesenamun, and that they died before ...

If you can’t make it to Egypt, head to Washington, D.C., where “Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures” puts visitors inside the artifact-stuffed rooms of King Tut’s tomb. It’s been a ...

C. Howard Carter and his team digging for Tutankhamun’s tomb D. Howard Carter’s team removing Tutankhamun’s coffin from the tomb 3. An “archaeologist” is someone who ... A. studies the ...