Tutankhamun, the youngest and most mysterious pharaoh in Egyptian history, in addition to his fearsome spells, turned out to be a drag racing SECOND ancestor and fashionista. Among his funerary offerings were not only the fastest carriages in Egypt at the time; a large number of exquisite clothes, light scarves, and a wooden isomorph model next to the clothes; he had 100 pairs of shoes, made of leather, wooden, and even made of gold, and more than thirty kinds of wine, one of which was clearly marked with the place of origin, date, and brand, called "Tutankhamun brand wine". Well-dressed, know how to taste wine, the value is far ahead of their peers, there is a car and first-class driving skills, this is not a proper elite rich second generation?
Of course, in addition to these, his most eye-catching thing is the exquisite gold mask. Why is it valued at more than a trillion dollars? In addition to being made of pure gold and beautifully shaped, is there any other mystery about this gold head? In addition, his tomb claims to have more than 5,000 artifacts, but it is the only pharaoh's tomb in the Valley of the Kings that has not been stolen, is the pharaoh's curse really effective?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="86" > Tutankhamun's Tomb was discovered by a British explorer</h1>
The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb stemmed from the insistence of an English explorer who, with little historical record, firmly believed in the existence of Pharaoh Tutankhamun and the existence of the legendary great wealth.
Originally, the capitalists were full of contempt for the pharaoh who died young at the age of 19, believing that he was either a legend or that the tomb had long been stolen. But the stubborn digger Carter, after five years, finally discovered the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb. It is an absolutely complete pharaonic tomb that has endured 3,000 years without being destroyed. It helps us to understand Egypt relatively systematically during the time of the Pharaohs. At the beginning of its appearance, the overly elaborate and rich funeral and a rumor with exaggerated incantations made Tutankhamun's name spread rapidly.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="56" > Tutankhamun's family history</h1>
Tutankhamun was born 3500 years ago, and his father was the only pharaoh in Egyptian history to promote the monotheistic "Aton the Sun God", Akhenaten. And Tutankhamun was originally called Tuta Aten, which means "the human incarnation of Aton". This is the only male heir of his father after having 6 daughters in a row. This allowed him to receive his father's pampering and harsh teachings from an early age.
Since Akhenaten is mentioned, it is inevitable that he will not be able to avoid his queen Xiannai.
The queen of Akhenaten was The Naftiti, known for her beauty, power, and magic in Egyptian history. She grew up in the harem and knew early on that she would marry Pharaoh. Although her body has not been found to this day, in numerous frescoes she is described as a queen on an equal footing with her pharaoh husband, and her frequent movements are allowed only for the exclusive use of pharaohs. In fact, Akhenaten's New Deal was inseparable from Nafertiti's full support. She is also the queen who appears most in various temples and inscriptions. It is precisely because of the emergence of such a woman that Egyptian women have seen that there are more possibilities in life.
According to historical records, after her husband's death, she also appeared as a pharaoh. This meant that she would have her own grave, not as a funeral for Akhenaten. This can also be seen from the tomb of Pharaoh Akenaton, where the queen's tomb was stopped halfway through. However, whether she was eventually banished by the new pharaoh or the tomb stolen remains a mystery.
And this mystery is related to Tutankhamun.
Naftiti is the equivalent of Tutankhamun's stepmother, and she also married her third daughter to Tutankhamun. This kind of marriage was very common in the Egyptian royal family, and in fact, Tutankhamun was born in combination with his father Akhenaten and his half-brother sister. However, his biological mother died in childbirth after giving birth to him, and he was raised by Queen Naftiti and a grandmother. The nurse once appeared in frescoes and, after her death, also had a very luxurious burial chamber. Unless chartered, this size is not something that the average minion can enjoy.
How can there be a mother and a filial piety at the center of power, not to mention that the prince is not the queen's own child. So after Akhenaten's death, although the throne was unshakably passed to Tutankhamun, he was not a free pharaoh at first, and his power was cut off by the queen and the ministers. Moreover, because of his multi-generational close relatives, Tutankhamun was born with a painful illness, suffering from the deadliest plasmodium falciparum, and at the same time had some disabilities in the palm of his left foot.
This was discovered by examining Tutankhamun's DNA and X-ray mummified images. This congenital disease may be an important reason for his early death.
In the original conjecture of historians, Tutankhamun took the throne at the age of 9 and died suddenly at the age of only 19, perhaps he has not yet lived to understand how he can make a difference in governing the country. But don't forget, he was raised as an heir from an early age, and even if he was manipulated in the early days of his reign, he certainly would not sit still. This can be seen from the fact that he changed his name. His father named him "Tutan Aton" in order to promote monotheism, but he himself changed it to "Tutan Amun" later in his reign, which means the incarnation of Amun in the human world. Both names are embodied on his golden throne and can also be confirmed by historical records. He restored the polytheistic celebration "Opt", which was a sacred ritual for the worship of the god Amun, which meant that he used the power of the stubborn old religion to break away from the control of the protestant queen and restore and stabilize the long-turbulent Egyptian society.
The Egyptians believed in the god Amun, and it was rumored that the god Amun and his sister Mut gave birth to the Egyptians, so after the celebration, the whole of Egypt hoped that the young pharaoh could also give birth to heirs as soon as possible.
However, the 18th Dynasty, the most prosperous dynasty in Egyptian history, fell into the hands of Tutankhamun. Is this yet another tragedy of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty's close relatives? Yes, but not exactly.
Modern scientists have used DNA technology to find Tutankhamun's lost kinship in historical materials, and have also used virtual dissection techniques to restore Tutankhamun's appearance. They believed that Tutankhamun's foot was deformed and his pelvis was too wide to even walk normally, so he could not drive the carriage used for conquest at that time.
But this is highly inconsistent with the frescoes and reliefs that record the pharaoh's experience of major events at that time. In these drawings, Tutankhamun was not only able to drive chariots, but also personally train his army and lead his troops to kill and win victories; he was also able to rule Kadesi, which is today's Syria, through diplomatic means.
This is not just speculation, it is a reasonable speculation drawn from Tutankhamun's funerary varieties. The ancient Egyptians believed that as long as mummies did not decay, people would be reborn. Therefore, the things used by the pharaoh during his lifetime will be displayed in the burial chamber. In Tutankhamun's tomb, there are more than 50 bows, hundreds of bows and arrows, and a two-wheeled carriage that has been traced for a long time. At the entrance to the burial chamber are shields decorated with leopard skin and gold from Cardesi. It is not difficult to see that he is a young man who loves driving and hunting.
It is worth mentioning that his carriage is very light and flexible, and can quickly rush and kill on the battlefield, and can also quickly change direction. This is perfect for Tutankhamun with inconvenient legs and feet. This shows that even if he is not rushing to the front line, he has no problem at all when he goes to the battlefield to command and watch the battle.
When not using a carriage, Tutankhamun relied heavily on crutches, and there were more than 130 canes of varying lengths in his tomb, unlike in other pharaonic tombs, where crutches were only a symbol of power.
This was a pharaoh who was entirely disabled, but still cared about the country and could truly contribute to the development of Egypt, so he was deeply loved by the people during his reign. Although the Egyptian pharaohs valued rebirth almost from the time they were born, no one expected Tutankhamun to die unexpectedly just as soon as he began to make a big splash. Therefore, the tomb of Tutankhamun seen by later generations is very small, consisting of an antechamber, a burial chamber, a treasure room and a utility room.
Historians speculate that this was the burial chamber prepared for him by his stepmother, Naftititi, because the bottle in the burial chamber containing the pharaoh's internal organs was carved with a female head, and the ear holes in the pharaoh's mask were not tutankhamun.
Nefertiti is very intelligent and far-sighted, and her excellence and excellence are not tolerated by a predominantly male society. So the burial chamber she had prepared was not used. Tutankhamun, who died suddenly, could only occupy this.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="88" > what's inside Tutankhamun's burial chamber? Can it really be born again? </h1>
Small, but does not affect its gold content, yes, is the meaning of the content of gold. Opening the burial chamber, the first thing the explorers saw was a wooden outer coffin made of gold as a protective film, with a very exquisite and regular gold ornamentation. When the outer coffin is opened, it is a large box wrapped in linen cloth, which is decorated with roses made of pure gold, and below the linen is a three-layered gold chest, followed by an inner coffin made of purple-red stone unique to Egypt, which is engraved with the eye of Horus, which blesses the rebirth, and the four corners of the box are also engraved with Horus, the god of the sky with open wings, to protect the peace of the dead.
After the stone chest is opened, it is the real coffin of the pharaoh. There are still three layers. The gold inside and out added up to 110 kilograms of gold. The gold chest is nothing unusual, the most rare is the pharaoh's gold mask, which shares 10 kilograms of gold, and countless various gemstones. Without looking closely, you may wonder: Where are the gems?
If you look closely, except for the golden yellow color on the pharaoh's mask, the other parts are not depicted with color, but are inlaid with gemstones such as lapis lazuli, turquoise, and carnelian with a very balanced size. The eye part is also obsidian and quartz. No wonder, this mask has been around for thousands of years and still looks like it's just been made. The mask looked exactly like the pharaoh himself, who had been restored by the scientists by technical means, and even the scars were perfectly reproduced. However, the mask had two ear holes in its ears, which Pharaoh himself did not. Why?
In addition to this currently the most valuable artifact in the world, Tutankhamun's tomb contains a large number of gold rings, gold collars, gold bracelets, and gold scepters, which are encased in chests of gold and ivory. And that's not counting on the old mummy. There are also two golden daggers. One of the blades turned out to be iron, and Egypt at that time did not have the technology to make iron, which could only be the only divine weapon made of meteorites at that time, which was much more valuable than gold. It is also another highlight of this pharaoh's tomb - there are even alien objects.
Tutankhamun's burial chamber suddenly revealed such a rich and priceless treasure in multiple senses, which naturally caused a sensation, and the words he carved in the tomb to warn the tomb robbers were chiseled by the jealous and quickly circulated, almost obscuring the practical significance of him and his treasures.
Although Tutankhamun was married to the third sister, he and his wife were truly in love, but the inbreeding caused the first child to die prematurely after only seven months of birth, and the second child was only 9 months pregnant before he miscarried, they were all mummified, accompanied by Tutankhamun, on the road to rebirth.
Therefore, Tutankhamun is not completely infertile. However, children cannot survive healthily.
In the minds of the ancient Egyptians, the heart was weighed by the god Horus on the road to rebirth, and when the mummy was made, the brain pulp could be discarded, and the heart must not be slightly damaged. Therefore, the mummy without a heart, and the pharaoh who did not hold his chest with both hands, combined with the multiple fractures in his left leg and chest, inferred that rather than his death from a conspiracy, it was more likely that he died of "drag racing", perhaps in training the army, perhaps leisure, in short, the young pharaoh accidentally fell from the car at full speed, was run over the heart by the car behind him, and caused multiple fractures.
The ancient Egyptian art of rebirth did not keep the pharaohs alive. But if one can make all those who come after him curious, is it immortality in another sense? What do you think about that? At the end of the article, don't forget to long press likes and recommend it to more people. Follow us, the excitement does not stop, see you in the next issue!