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The Murder of Tutankhamen - Bob Brier


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The Murder of Tutankhamen - Bob Brier

 
Description: ISBN 0753806754 / Author: Bob Brier / Genre: History / An investigation into the life of Tutankhamen, Brier here asserts the theory that ... more
The Murder of Tutankhamen - Bob Brier ... the boy-king was murdered - based on evidence found since the opening of his tomb in 1922.

Newest Review: ... Pharaoh's passivity. What was a child of just 10 years to do with this inheritance? The book provides a fascinating ... more

 ... insight into the lives of Ancient Egyptians and their Pharaohs, indeed the author provides a prose-style chronology of Tut's immediate ancestry and the state of the country throughout, which is fascinating in its own right. But where he differs from most other academics is that he believes the boy-king was murdered. With this assertion he acts as private detective, searching for clues throughout the world, completing his jigsaw piece by ...more

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Crowned Review The Murder of Tutankhamen - Bob Brier: "Phaorah's Revenge!" (947 words)
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Murder! Pillage! Politics!. . . Current drug culture, perhaps? . . . Not at all: It's a 3000 year old murder mystery, according to Bob Brier, the author of 'The murder of Tutankhamen'. The boy-king, Tutankhamen (Tut), was dead by the time he was 20. Being the child of a secondary wife, Tut was never groomed for royal duties, this was left to his half-brother, the child of the king's Great Wife. But disaster struck and the brother died. This left the Pharaoh with 6 female children and no other sons. When the Pharaoh himself died, Tut, aged around 10 year old was made to marry his (full-royal-blood) half sister, also aged around 9 - together they ...  Read the complete review

 

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