I hate to burst your bubble, but he was born of the name Tutankhaten, which translates into "the living image of Aten". Aten was the Sun god of the Armana era, founded by monotheist-wacko Akhetaten.

When Akhetaten died and the priests changed Tutankhaten's name to Tutankhamun (the living image of Amun), Tut later died because he was a sickly man.

Anyhoo... he goes by many names, and those names have many variations of being spelt. It isn't just apparent in Tutankhaten's case, but in a wide array of Egyptian nouns. My username, Unas for example, could be spelt Unas, Unis, Wenis, Wns, Uns, etc.

So, before you go off with something so brash, please do a little research. We are a friendly bunch here who are mostly willing to help anyone with their Egyptology questions, but come on, man! Your lack of readiness shows me right off the bat that any question you might need an answer to could be easily looked up by a simple Google search.

Thx, i have just been stressed out with this paper looking for sources, it seems every site spells his name different and i never know if it's a source i can depend on. Well that helps, i guess i can use those note cards i made and cited of this site. Every source seems to have their own prediction on who tut's parents are and what his childhood was like too. I think some of the books i got at the library are out dated. Their theories our a lot different than ones i found in a late edition of the Smithsonian. Do you guys think i should include Akhenaten and Amenhotep III as possibilities for Tut's father, or would I be okay in assuming Akhenaten as the father. The way I have understood it, everything seems to fall together under Akenaten as the father. It's only a five page paper and i dont want to get too elaborate on his heritage. I figure you guys know a lot more about this then me.

For a 5 page paper, i was thinking of briefly covering these topics:

1. Life of King Tutankhamun- talk about his birth location and possible heritage. Also talk about his short reign as the pharoah and his achievements.

2. Burial- Maybe talk about his burial process(mumification) and briefly introduce the valley of the kings.

3. Discovery- talk about Howard Carter's efforts and some of the primary objects found in the tomb.

4. Cause of death- introduce several theories of his death and recent technologies(CT scans) that have helped disprove certain theories.

So that's my basic guidline that ive come up with. If you have any suggestions or ideas id love to hear them. Just remember it has to fit within five pages Anyways sorry about my first post.

Thanks again, Brad

thx, i have another question. If Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye were Tut's parents, Ankhetaten would be Tut's older brother right. So Ankhetaten must've been quite a bit older and Amenhotep must've died shortly after Tutankhamun was born.

Oh who knows if i even know what the heck im talking about.


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okay now this doesn't make any sense. I just read that Akhenaten created Amarna 5-6 years before Tut's birth. How could Tut be the son of Amenhotep if Akhenaten was ruling before Tut was even born.

Ughhh... big thwap right in the brain, im so confused. DAMN you Smithsonian, can somebody help me out here.