Tutankhamon

Since Akhenaten had only daughters, he married one of them to the young little prince, Tut-ankh-Aten, whom he elected to be his successor. Since the government then gave up the exclusive cult of the Sun-god Aten and changed back to the old gods after Akhenaten's death, the young new Pharaoh changed his name to Tut-ankhamen (the living image of Amen or Amon). It was in this name that the decree reinstating Amon back into its rights and splendor was issued by Tutankhamon. This infuriated the government and priests. Upon Tuts' death, his successors obliberated his name and that of Akhenaten from all monuments and records. Tut would have never had the posibility of being the most famous of the Pharaoh's had it not been that his name and tomb had become forgotten. The tomb was later discovered by Carter in 1922 in the Valley Of The Kings and its great wealth was brought into the light of day. All of this wealth is now on display on an entire second floor of the Egyptian Musium in Cairo. Enjoy now some of the treasures of King Tut.

Shrine 2 of 4 That Surrounded The Sarcophagus, Shrine 1 in background	Shrine 3
Gold Coffin Surrounded Tut and Was Placed Into Second Coffin (right)	Gold Coffin Surrounded Tut and Was Placed Into Second Coffin (bottom)
Funeral Couch	Funeral Couch
Cheetah Funeral Couch	Goddess Thoueris Funeral Couch
Anubus Shrine	Tuts' Chariot
Cobra	Bark (boat) Collection
Falcon	Sacred Cow
Lock Of Tuts' Mothers Hair	Canopic Jars

Canopic Chest	Canopic Jars	Sacred Cow Hathor With Solar Disk, Funeral Couch
Jewel Chest	Gold Throne	Gold Throne
Ecclesiatical Throne	Ecclesiatical Throne	Ecclesiatical Throne
Gilded Wooden Statue Of Tut	At The Moment Of Death	His Soul Would Go Into The Statue And The Next World
Gold Statues Of Tut Wearing Crowns Of Upper & Lower Egypt	Gold NoiseMakers	Cobra
Throwing Sticks For Birding	Gold Statues	Gold Statues

King Tuts' Gold

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