YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO TUTANKHAMUN TUTANKHAMUN'S LIFE AND REIGN
DID YOU KNOW? MUMMY DEAREST
Buried with the ‘Younger Lady' we now know as Tutankhamun's mother was a mummy dubbed the ‘Elder Lady'. Long thought to be Queen Tiye (Akhenaten's mother), tests on a lock of Tiye's hair found in the Boy King's tomb proved, in 2010, it was her.
Ask most people to name a figure from ancient Egypt, and there's a high chance that they will say Tutankhamun. However, prior to the discovery of his lavish tomb in the early 20th century, virtually all knowledge of the so-called Boy King and his brief reign had been lost to history. The reason for this obscurity lies in the controversial era through which he lived. Born during the New Kingdom (c1550–1075 BC), a period when Egyptian civilisation reached its zenith both culturally and territorially, Tutankhamun was a member of the ruling 18th Dynasty, a bloodline that
