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The photo on the left ISN'T the real King Tut!

Who Killed King Tut?

Your task is to sift through as many sources as possible looking for clues to solve the mystery of King Tut's death. As you do this you need to answer these seven questions in your notebook. The 7 questions are due on Wednesday in class. They must be complete sentences, and thoroughly answer the questions giving evidence and information you learned in your research.

How old was King Tut when he died?
Does the author of the articles/videos suggest any foul play?
What information did you find concerning his death?
Who (if anybody) does the author suggest may have killed him?
Who succeeded(followed) Tut to the throne?
What are some other facts about his death?
Do you think King Tut was murdered? (Give reasons why or why not)

First, read through these two websites.

Was Tut murdered? - Read this link to see who they say did it.

The Boy King murdered - Another site that tells of how Tut may have been murdered.

Second, go to Discovery Ed.com to watch your assigned videos.

Discovery Education - Go to the assignments page on Discovery Ed. View the assigned videos, and if there is time, watch some more. Your job is to become the expert on your videos. In class, you'll have to share what you learned from the assigned videos with classmates. They will share with you what they learned from their videos.

Then read these two newspaper articles that I've pasted to Word for you.

King Tut Article 2007 - Read this article only after you've investigated the Webquest, and Discovery Ed videos

King Tut Article 2009 - Then read this newspaper article as well. This article is considered to be the final word on Tut's cause of death, though you may not agree.

After that, go to National Geographic and read through the article there. It talks about Tut other possible causes of death.

National Geographic - Also, type "King Tuts death" in the search bar to see other articles and videos. Watch the first 3 videos, especially the third one, which shows King Tut's CT scan. There is even an article written by our friend Dr. Hawass.

Finally, you can go to any King Tut website you'd like to visit. A google search will provide tons of sources.

More King Tut information

Webquest on King Tut - this link is not working right now, so you'll have to skip it.

Dr. Zahi Hawass - Visit with the most famous Egyptian Historian on his own website. We'll see Dr. Hawass in class shortly as he meets up with our friend Josh Bernstein. Together, they'll take us on a tour that almost no one else ever gets to go on.