Show parentage proves a puzzle method by which pharaoh gamed throne questioned by egyptologists lr L r N now that tile tomb of tut tot usilla us imla is to no be forced once more to laid up its am treasures speculation pa sit Is IN agal rife life ON aa to all who precisely isely human hainen was it 1 IB dif fult nt at athla his stage age to a answer aa a such a A ibm with tray id confidence U hol the dent tre bretholl by wall which h tut ink b ham no en g gained ka the abe throne does seem to tw throw a to faint I 1 light on his identity he came to the throne by n arriage with ln an amen the third daughter daugh tei of achen aten it who died without male il issue abic hall had seven haven daughters the eld aid let cst daughter tar mert meet at A ten arid married a noble maa of the he court art by name sinka ka ha ra he ka im ra it has III hither I 1 her to him been supposed suppose it so succeeded VIVO tied to ine ile throne the when baca faca to tutankhamen makem d died ad and ad it had bad also I 1 been bee genera generally y accepted among that he was wait de posed by be tom tutankhamen an khagen or Tu ten as aa he then was a this theory b how bw w ever r haa received fed a severe blow fr from revered reVe in the a fact u that on th the outer door of this hare tomb of tot tutankhamen there than were the sib igns 8 of two pharaoh pharaohs Phara fiat referred to Cartouche stemm a curt rame howard carter haa mane made reference to the to two royal cartouches car touches on the outer door of the tomb and hai he added that this thin probably indicated that tutankhamen had re reigned originally with alibi on tc n and that therefore 9 tea ka ra had to in all probability mu Itty predeceased pre deceased aab aten his father in law since shenk aloa lea re ba having mar or tied Alib manal s eldest boldest daughter merv mert aten had a right to the throne prior to that of tutankhamen eo it Is IB impossible to s say sit at this june ture rare whether the fact that there them were these I 1 two a roval al signs sign on an it the tomb ford a wor outer d floor Is abio absolute lute proof that tut tul adb shared the throne as r re local gent walh ul aalam tell it Is as B possible impossible to place pill adeliad oil the dates of akad d death th slid and tutankhamen a accession nl t to tle the throne but bar the records cards that hot are liable denote that reigned g V from B C 1375 1315 to 1358 while hile ill the dates date 61 ob leaned from this thin tomb of tutankhamen bi b indicate that he reigned a over the two lands of egypt from B C 1957 to 1350 2350 from these d dates it w would old appear ano that tutankhamen came to the throne a after the death of his father in law A boost i an another indication nd t as a to who tut ter lois cita anh be hamen w waa as may 7 be e obtained ined from the facts available as to the density y of ka its ra dle died d J wa without male issue E he selected 1 id kat ka ra apparently apparent Y an one of if the nobles noble of his court cartel whom he be could trust and with great pump pomp and vie clr comstance rom faces stance he be fourr married hd this influential abl noble to meet auert aten ate his eldest daugh ter thus thua imbat lea ra became the legitimate bell to the th throne m and ad apparently p penn fly ly occupied p a position it 1 which aclid fhyr while so not equal to that of I 1 the b pharaoh b does beem am to have has been something more then than that of crown prince nobles name was wall tutu history be has hitherto taught that B kh ba am ra be died all about t a benr alter a aab t end ad unit that on 11 ka its ha death T tutankhamen married so en pa aten ate ills younger boush ter iter of and thus bar became 1 in his hia turn the legitimate pharaoh yet there the Is no conclusive ev evidence iderle either of when hm blenkh ka letts ra died or at whether he lost the throne by death or toy by deposition but bearing in mind the to fact that there Is an now a certain marent of evide n p detailed above th that at ache aten and tutu tutankhamen khagen held the throne together for a ve verv brief apace tt ft 1 IB conceivable that emergh ka its ita died before akamat vu and if that at Add homens faced with U clie a saw utne pr pre cu di cament coment as when wheat hf he last short about for far a husband tor for his hia ideal daughter searched marched ill for I 1 husband for far this thin third daughter fulham en an pa aten the see sec on presumably having died und and moo another of his court now bistor history does record md that there than was a at court a able b bv the a name of 1 tutu oe lie beems to if have liev hem been a men man of strong per a I 1 and ad to he have S it a not at ivl dr able sphere pham of influence and it mav have beet been that chose him ml aa the next beet beat man luan to marev all eakins ent en pa aten then a girl of about twelve years of age awa gwa G mothers mother name A scarab found some borne time dom ago in the temple of balu osiris at stated elated that tu tank ham ens mother val OM known fig aa mert re ra I 1 this does not tell us much ill but inasmuch as them here aa vas no mention ill tint I 1 slie waa of royal yet failed blood it may amy be he hazarded led thai she wea wa rather one of tile aristat y tutankhamen on one me inscription left by hl voters refers to al III as h bis is father he be was as the son eon of iiii by one of that mon man arch he a concubines concu binea but the reference al more I 1 probably was to his pre decea air u rather her than tila his act actual fth father so tb that thing call definite nute Is gnoun of tut tot harma parentage and for want of something more authoritative it may ey be accepted that tutankhamen was the nu noble able in 4 khe naten court by name a tutu |