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Tutankhamun, or King Tut as he is now commonly known, was the child pharaoh of Egyph for ten years. He reigned from 1333-1324 BC (18th Dynasty) since he was the age of eight or nine. His original name, Tutankhatan means "Living image of Aten". No one is sure which son of which king was meant when ancient scriptures referred to him as the "king's son". Originally, many thought that he would have been the son of Amenhotep III and his Great Royal Wife, Queen Tiye, but then the idea was later rejected, seeing as the queen would have been fifty years old at the time of his birth.

After the discovery of his tomb, found almost completely intact, in the early 1920s by Howard Carter's team, they discovered the cause of the end of his reign. Tutankhamun died due to complications resulting from a leg injury.

Later, two small tombs of the bodies of two children were found in the same tomb as that of Tutankhamn. Some scientists believe that these two children were buried there in the tomb with the boy king because it was possible that the two children may have actually been his children.

The cat images in the tomb are a representation of the Goddess Bast. Tutankhamun probably had a cat because they were highly regarded in ancient Egypt, but there has been no reference to a personal pet that belonged to the young king.

See following link for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun

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