The book I read to research this post was The Murder of King Tut by James Patterson et al which is an excellent book which I bought from a secondhand bookstore. This book tries to solve who killed the pharoah Tutankhamen. They did lots of research to solve this mystery & those of you familiar with Pattersons work will know normally he writes thrillers & children’s books. This book is really interesting and is written like a novel that zips back and forth between the pharoah’s life & Howard Carter’s life. Carter found the tomb. Tut was forced to marry his sister who wasn’t very keen on him. After his death she became queen despite Egyptian law saying that only a male ruler would do. She in turn was herself murdered. Tut became pharoah at a very young age & his tomb was well hidden unlike many rulers who had pyramids. His wife even sent a message to the Hitittes asking if she could marry one of the ruler’s sons in what amounted to treason. The king of the Hitittes assumed it was a trap but otherwise it would have united both kingdoms.
