Tutankhamen by Christine Hobson el-Mahdy5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() In Tutankhamen: The Life and Death of the Boy-King, Christine El Mahdy finally delivers a coherent portrait of King Tut's life and its historical significance. Traditional histories, founded on incomplete investigation and academic dogma, shed almost no light on the details of a life as complicated and as fascinating as it was short. Despite the young monarch's almost universal recognition in death, Egyptologists know very little about his life. Thirty-five hundred years ago, the mightiest empire on Earth crowned a boy as its king, then worshipped him as a god. Her works include Tutankhamen: The Life and Death of the Boy-King, The World of the Pharaohs and Mummies, Myth and Magic. Tutankhamen : The Life and Death of a Boy-King by Christine, Mahdy, El Mahdy, Christine and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Lost in a frenzy of speculation-anthropological, scientific, and commercial-was Tutankhamen himself. About the Author Christine El Mahdy (1950-2008) was an Egyptologist at Yeovil College, where she was the founder and director of the Egyptian Society. What kind of society could produce such spectacular treasures only to bury them forever? When Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in 1922, even the most experienced archaeologists joined the international community in marveling at the incredible wealth-and seemingly bizarre rituals-of ancient Egypt. ![]()
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