Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-11-14 | Page 1 | King Tut Died at 15, Belief

KING TUT DIED I AT 1 BELIEf Tomb Explorers Find a Golden Crown Swords With the Royal Body NEW l' YORK Nov 34 14 AP AP- AP That King ICing Tut Ankh who died in Egypt some years ago was only 15 years old when his bO body ly was laid in ir his is 5 in the thc Valley y of ot the tha Kings has been definitely deli deli- ascertained by the Eg Egv- Egv t- t The age of the dead pharaoh had ha been the basis of much speculation among those who uncovered unco e ed the tho tomb near Luxor Howard Howald Carter Carter Car Car- arter ar- ar ter who was the tho chief assistant as to the late Earl of ot Carnarvon IB Iti the work of excavating the tomb had believed the youth was was IS 18 years old when he passed away way When however the mummy was taken from its golden human human- shaped coffin and the wrappings about it were r removed noved until the sheathed golden-sheathed body bady came into view vie the experts after an examination examina examina- tion established the age HEAD BEARS CROWN On the head or of Tut-Ankh-Amen Tut was a tall crown of gold The hands hards were clasped across across the breast On the side of the body were strapp strapped d two gold swords and and- t two o knives the handles of ot which also were gold On the breast golden stars were placed to mark the heart and lungs Tut inherited the throne of ot Khun Khun-Aten through his marriage to that kings king's third daughter Ankh ne Ankh pa pa afterward afterward after after- ward Ankh ri Amen nes Amen s-Amen two years after aCter her ro royal roya a father had pa passed s away This Thia was during the reign of the pharaoh his law in is yin yin- estimated to have bave relt pd eight to sixteen years year this event before his death and the succession of Tut Ankh The latter is estimated to have r reigned I from two to nine years ears The Oi mer figure fi ure Is Howard Carters Carter's and the latter Sir Flinders Petries Sir Flinders Is isa a noted Egyptologist EARLY EARLY MARRIAGE SEEN Thus If Tut-Ankh-Amen Tut were 15 IS years old at the time rime of his death he would haye have been only 5 years ears old when he he married on the basis of the lower figure while the larger lager figure would seem to be wide of the mark marlc Five years of age for marriage apparently Is out of line with the c customs of the royal house of Egypt for few If it any of oC the pharaohs pharaohs pha- pha married before the age of 12 They did not become of age 16 years old On the female side It was different different different differ differ- ent some of the princesses marryIng marryIng marrying marry marry- ing when only 1 year old in order to acquire rights of royalty for the husband In Egypt royal descent passed through the daughters The finding of the high gold crown on the head of TutAnkhAmen TutAnkhAmen TutAnkhAmen Tut-Ankh- Tut Amen Is a a. discovery unique in aren- aren I i as also was the discovery of ot the swords and parts of the royal regalia for for- despoilers and thieveS thieved usually ransacked royal tombs so thoroughly that generally general general- ly the mummy was stripped to its wrappings