139: Tutankh-Aten (Introducing Tutankhamun)

A famous reign. Following the death of Nefer-neferu-aten, a new ruler came to the throne. Tut-ankh-Aten was young, perhaps nine years old. He inherited power at a tumultuous point in history... Date c. 1343 BCE. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music by Keith Zizza. Additional music by Jeffrey Goodman. Audio mixing/editing by Vincent Cavanagh. Written by Dominic Perry. Select Bibliography: A. Dodson, Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation (2nd Edition, Cairo, 2017). A. Dodson and D. Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt (London, 2004). M. Eaton-Krauss, ‘King Tutankhaten’, Orientalia 80 (2011), 300–4. M. Eaton-Krauss, The Unknown Tutankhamun (London, 2016). M. Gabolde, D’Akhenaton à Toutânkhamon (Paris, 1998). N. Kawai, ‘Studies in the Reign of Tutankhamun’, Unpublished PhD. Thesis, Johns Hopkins University (2005). W. J. Murnane, Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt (Atlanta, 1995). N. Reeves, The Complete Tutankhamun (Cairo, 1990). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices