KING TUT

BIRTH DATE AND BIRTHPLACE

• King Tut's birthplace is in Akhetaten Egypt.
• King Tut was born in the year 1346 B.C.

NOTABLE ACTS

• One of King Tut's notable acts was that he restored the traditional Egyptian religion.
• Also King Tut restored Thebes as a religious center.
• Another of King Tut's notable acts was that he restored better relations with ancient Egypt's neighbors.
• He also worked with Horemheb and Ay, both future pharaohs, to restore Egypt's power in the region.

KING TUT BECAME FAMOUS...

• King Tut was famous from birth because his father was pharaoh.
• He got even more famous when he became pharaoh at the age nine because his father had died.
• King Tut became famous to the whole world in 1922 because Howard Carter found his tomb.
• His tomb was special because no body had open it before and all the treasures were stiil in there.

EDUCATION RECEIVED

• King Tut had the best education available for a royal person in his time period.

OCCUPATION

• King Tut's occupation was being the pharaoh of Egypt.

DEATH PLACE

• King Tut died in 1323 B.C. in Egypt from either malaria or an accident.
• Researchers are not sure.

BENEFITED THE WORLD

• King Tut benefited the world because his tomb helped us learn how
• pharaohs lived, what they owned, and what they worshipped.

FUN FACTS

• King Tut was five foot eight.
• King Tut was only pharaoh for ten years before he died.
• We should know that King Tut was only eight or nine when he became pharaoh of Egypt.
• King Tut was only eleven when he got married.

WHY I CHOOSE KING TUT

• I choose King Tut because I like to learn about people in the past.
• I also like to learn about Egypt and how it was in the past.
• I was inspired by King Tut in the movie Mr. Peabody and Sherman and wanted to learn more about him.

HOW I WAS INSPIRED BY KING TUT

• I was inspired by King Tut because he was so young when he became pharaoh and that shows
• that little people can do great things.

RESOURCES

• Who was King Tut (by Roberta Edwards)
• "King Tut" (by Biography.com)
• "Tutankhamun" (by Mandy Barrow)
• "Tutankhamen" (by History.com)