The unknown Tutankhamun

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Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Bibliographical note; 1 Prince Tutankhaten; The Hermopolis block; The DNA analyses; Alternative interpretations of the DNA data; Tutankhaten's upbringing; 2 King Tutankhaten; The accession; The reign of the boy-king begins; Tutankhaten's thrones; Bows, harness ornaments, and scribal equipment; The titulary; 3 Tutankhamun and the Restoration; The Restoration Stela; Restoration at Jebel Barkal?; The Soleb lions; Amada; Elephantine. Restoration of reliefs and inscriptions on the Nile's eastern bank at Th ebesKarnak Temple; Luxor Temple; The funerary temple of Amenhotep III; Deir el-Bahri; Medinet Habu; Restoration work in the north; Sculpture in the round restored during Tutankhamun's reign; 4 Statues for Amun; The quartzite colossi of Amun and Amunet; Amun with child- like physiognomy; The iconography of Mut and Amun; Exceptional statues depicting Amun; Khonsu; Statues of the Theban 'ennead'; Tutankhamun at prayer; Tutankhamun as a standard bearer; Tutankhamun presenting off erings; 5 Tutankhamun's Building Projects. Projects in NubiaProjects at Western Th ebes; Tutankhamun at Karnak25; The Colonnade Hall of Luxor Temple; Tutankhamun at Tell el-Amarna?; Tutankhamun at Memphis; 6 Tutankhamun's Funerary Temple, his Tomb, and the Sarcophagus Found in It; The sarcophagus in Tutankhamun's tomb (Plate XVIII); For whom was the basin commissioned, if not for Akhenaten or Tutankhaten?; A tomb in the Valley of the Kings?; A funerary temple for Tutankhamun at Medinet Habu?; The 'Mansion of Nebkheperure'; 7 Tutankhamun's Death and Burial; The cause(s) of Tutankhamun's death. Funerary equipment 1: canopics, mummy 'trappings, ' pectoralsFunerary equipment 2: 'Statuettes- in-shrines' and shabtis; Funerary equipment 3: shrines, coffi ns, mummy mask, skullcap; Stocking the tomb 55; Final activities; Epilogue; Map with Sites Mentioned in the Text; Chronology*; Abbreviations; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Illustration Sources; Index