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How Did King Tut Build Change
King Tut
By:Owen

King Tut’s real name is Tutankhamen. King Tut created change because he has people questioning him about Egyptians today, he also left behind artifacts and he was a leader. King Tut is questioned about and we didn’t know a lot about him until Howard Carter found his corpse. He was born 1305 B.C. but died at the early age of 19 which was in 1324 B.C. He got married when he was 12 to his sister, Queen Ankhesenamun. We don't know why he got married at an early age but we know he got married. He became king at the age of 9. Who knows why they have a nine year old boy king and who would listen to him? We don't know. He died from infection in his leg, the infection came from when his bone pierced his

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