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KING TUT Ms. White-Bryant LCMS Art - 6th Grade. King Tutankhamen (too-ten-common) was crowned when he was 8 or 9 years old and died when he was just 18 or 19 years old. Hieroglyphics are ancient writing symbols.
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KING TUT Ms. White-Bryant LCMS Art - 6th Grade
King Tutankhamen (too-ten-common) was crowned when he was 8 or 9 years old and died when he was just 18 or 19 years old.
Another name for the Valley of the Kings is the Burial Ground of the Pharaohs.
The NileRiver flows through Egypt and its floodwaters provide deposits of rich silt for farmland and crops.
The city of Thebes is also the home of the god-king or Pharaohs. This is where Ramses II built an obelisk and statues in his honor.
On November 4, 1922, Howard Carter discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamen.
Five types of art that were discovered in the tombs were paintings, sculpture, statues, masks and shrines.
The crook and flailare symbols of the god Osiris and were used on the three coffins of King Tut.
Name four materials used in the settings of the Egyptian cloisonné on the coffins of King Tutankhamen:jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and colored glass.
The third coffin of King Tut was made of solid gold over 1/8 inch thick and weighed over 400 pounds.
The objects to be buried with the pharaohs were started within hours of the day he was crowned.
Name the four vital organs that were embalmed and mummified with every pharaoh.lungs, liver, stomach and intestines