Dimensions
129 x 197 x 22mm
The Life and Death of a Boy King
Three and a half thousand years ago, a little boy of around seven years old was crowned Pharaoh. Nine years later he was dead. After a hasty and surreptitious burial, and a botched attempt at grave robbery, Tutankhamen lay in peace until 1922, when Howard Carter reopened the tomb. Suddenly the young King achieved a fame he had never attained in life.
But the fabulous riches in his tomb have largely eclipsed the extraordinary details of his life and death, and the political infighting and bitter struggles for power which characterised the period. Now, for the first time, Christine El Mahdy can tell the full, fascinating story.
