King Tutankhamen commonly known as King Tut, was born in Ancient Egypt in 1341 B.C. It is thought that his parents are Akhenaten and "The Younger Lady", or Kiya. His childhood was different than that of a normal child. His father died when Tut was young, and was forced to become pharaoh of Egypt. He was only nine to ten years old when he took the throne, and because he was so young he had powerful advisors probably including General Horemheb. When King Tut became pharaoh he married his half-sister, Ankhesenamun. Together they had two children, both miscarriages. It is believed that Tut had a hard time of reign, because his father had decided to changed the way of belief for all Egyptians. People were enraged. They didn't want to change to other ways, they only wanted to keep the traditions of the past 100 years. This made scientists question whether King Tutankhamen died of natural causes or if he was murdered by an angry citizen. …show more content…
Eventually scientists ran tests on the skull, and they learned that the skull damage happened after he died. Scientists were determined to find out his cause of death. They did an x-Ray on Tut's body and found a fractured leg, that had become infected shortly before he died. Some people think he might have died from falling, and getting a concussion, breaking his leg in the process. Scientists have also found traces of malaria in King Tut's system. This lead to the possibility that he was caught in a mosquito plague, or if he was bitten by a hippo with malaria, and broke his