Reign of Tutankhamon - Around 1333-1323 B.C.
Have you ever heard of King Tut? Well that is who we are going to learn about today. There was a man who did archaeology work and found King Tut's tomb in 1922.
King Tut (Tutankhamon) began to reign around the year 1334 B.C. from what we can tell. He was probably about nine years old. He may have had a half brother named Akhnaton, or perhaps Aknaton was his father. Even while he was very young, he married Ankhsenpaaton, who was a daughter of Nefertiti. He may have reigned for nine years and then died at the age of eighteen. What a short life for a king!
King Tut's name originally was Tutankhaton, but was changed to Tutankhamon. It could have been changed because he wanted to change back to the old religion which allowed for worshipping many gods.
There is not much known about this king, but, what was discovered in his tomb helps us to understand about the riches of the Egyptian pharaohs.
This is a good lesson on the foolishness of thinking how riches can make us happy and fulfilled. We can be very rich and still be in poverty when it comes to spiritual things. We need to be rich in God. That is where true riches are found.
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