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Article: Inside the tomb: grave items reveal Tut's secrets.(Tutankhamun)
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- January 1, 2006
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Tutankhamun was buried in a tomb packed with grave goods. Some, including Tut's coffins and canopic jars, were directly connected with the Egyptian rituals of death. Others were objects that the king had used during his lifetime and that he hoped to use again in the afterlife. These artifacts reveal much about his life, leisure time, and family.
A SQUATTING KING
One of the great mysteries about Tutankhamun is exactly how he fits into the royal family. While many Egyptologists think that his father was Akhenaten and his mother was Kiya, there is still no positive prool that they were. His exact relationship to other members of the royal family also ...