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King Tut was killed in a chariot accident when he was around 20 years old. This theory can be proved because of his broken leg, and injured head. This is the story of how King Tutankhamun died and what happened after his death.

The blow to the back of his head had happened a few weeks before his chariot accident, when he was walking down the stairs. In Mysteries of Ancient Egypt it states,” The x-ray did show a mysterious fragment of bone within his skull. when king Tutankhamun fell on the stairs he hit the back of his head which caused a blood clot on the inside of his head. This blood clot on the inside of his head, made it so that he would die eventually.

On one of his legs he had a severe fracture above his knee, and his tissue had only begun to heal. when he was riding his chariot he got bucked off.His leg got caught under the chariot causing it to break. When his horses ran away he was in the desert without any resources. with his broken leg and blood clot he didn't last long. This lead to his burial being rushed and him getting two coats of resin. one coat was applied when he was in the desert and another coat was applied when he got back to his town. …show more content…

After Tutankhamen died his wife ,Anaksunamun, wrote a letter asking for the Hittites to send her a hittite prince to marry, but the hittites were the egyptians enemy, and when the prince arrived Aye and some of his soldiers murdered the prince. After the prince had been killed Aye, the chief advisor,married Ankhesenamun , but he had already been married to Tey. Tey didn't like taking the back seat to the young bride so she murdered Ankhesenamun and buries her body in the middle of the desert leaving no trace of Ankhesenamun. Aye was only king for four years before Horemheb, the army general, murdered Aye leaving him to become king and marry Tey. Horemheb erased Tutankhamun, Aye and Ankhesenamun from egyptian

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