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Tutankhamun
Egypt’s Most Famous Pharaoh
BILL PRICE
POCKET ESSENTIALS
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This edition published in 2007 by Pocket Essentials
P.O. Box 394, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 1XJ
www.pocketessentials.com
© Bill Price 2007
Editor: Nick Rennison
Index & Proofs: Richard Howard
The right of Bill Price to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accor-
dance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a
retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photo-
copying, recording or otherwise) without the written permission of the publishers.
Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to crim-
inal prosecution and civil claims for damages.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN 978 1 84243 240 2
2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1
Typeset by Avocet Typeset, Chilton, Aylesbury, Bucks
Printed and bound in Great Britain by J.H. Haynes Ltd, Sparkford, Somerset
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Contents
A Note on Dates
Introduction
7
9
1: Egypt and the Pharaohs
13
The Gift of the Nile; The Dynasties of Egypt; From Farmers to
Pharaohs;The Rise of the New Kingdom;The Golden Age
2: The Life of Tutankhamun
33
The Unknown Pharaoh; What’s in a Name?; The Question of
Parentage; Marriage and Children;The Boy King; Everyday Objects
3: The Restoration of Amun
55
Religion in Egypt;The Amarna Heresy;The Beginning of the End;
Diplomatic Relations;The Restoration
4: Death of a Pharaoh
77
An Unexpected Death; Accidental Death or Murder?; The Egyptian
Way of Death;The Tomb and the Funeral
5: The End of the Line
99
The Zannanza Affair; Political Manoeuvring; Horemheb and a New
Dynasty

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