Egyptomania

Who is Tutankhamun? During Akhenaten’s reign, a royal child was born under the name of Tutankh aten, after Aten, the new all-god preached by Akhenaten .   Following the turmoil of Akhenaten’s death, the boy king changed his name after the famous solar deity, Amun and his name became Tutankh amun . Scholars are still uncertain about the identity of Tutankhamun’s mother; some believe that the child’s mother was Nefertiti who was Akhenaten’s principal wife and some believe that his mother was one of his secondary wives named Kiya. He married Ankhesenamun who was his half-sister and the daughter of Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti. Although the couple had no surviving children, it was believed they had two daughters, Tutankhamun was the 12 th pharaoh of the 18 th dynasty and he ruled Egypt as a pharaoh for 10 years. Because Tutankhaten was just nine years old when he ruled Egypt, the first years of his reign were dominated by Ay, who was a Vizier during that time.   Tutankamun'