CHAPTER 1 King Tut The Story You Know King Tut was a pharaoh Pharaoh means king Tut ruled ancient Egypt Ancient means old Tut ruled in the 1300s BCE BCE means before the Common Era That means the years before the birth of Jesus King Tut ruled during the New Kingdom This is a time period in ancient Egyptian history It was a time of great riches It was a time of great power Egypt found gold It conquered lands It had a writing system It traded with other countries It built large buildings It built cities Tut's tomb was found He became the most famous pharaoh But there's more to story his
Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids
CHAPTER 2 Family Man Ancient Egyptian rulers married family members They married brothers They married sisters They married cousins They married aunts They married uncles This was how ancient Egyptian families stayed in power Tut was born a royal prince His father was Pharaoh Akhenaten His mother was Akhenaten's sister or cousin She was one of Akhenaten's many wives But she was a minor wife She wasn't highly ranked She's known as the Younger Lady Nefertiti was King Tut’s stepmother She was Pharaoh Akhenaten's top wife But she didn't have any sons She only had daughters So Tut was the heir Heirs inherit throne the
