Month: March 2019

Tutankhamun 

• date of birth – 1342BC
• Nationality- Egyptian
• Parents- The younger lady, Akhenaten.
• Partner (wife) – Ankhesenamun
• Children- two daughters (stillborn)
• Reign/Ruled- 1332-1323 BC
• Age when king- 9 years old
• Date of death- 1323BC
• Age at death- 19 years old
• Cause of death- unsure of the cause of death. Theories include assassination or death by injury while hunting.

 

The three famous pyramids stand just across the river Nile from Cairo. They are known as the massive pyramids of Giza.

They are guarded by a sphinx called the great sphinx of Giza. A sphinx is a creature believed to have a head of a human and the body of a lion.