1. T U T A N K H A M U N ' S T O M B
NEW TOPIC
1. What do you already know
about the Pharaoh Tutankhamun
& how he was discovered?

2. KEY QUESTION: WHAT DOES THE TOMB
OF TUTANKHAMUN REVEAL ABOUT
LIFE IN NEW KINGDOM EGYPT?
• Case Study 8: Tutankhamun’s tomb
• Students learn about:
• its discovery and excavation by Howard Carter
• consideration of the following aspects of the tomb and what
they suggest about Egypt at the time of Tutankhamun: size and
structure, burial furniture, possessions, decorations, afterlife.
• details of burial customs – mummification, funeral procession
and burial
• tomb paintings and the information they provide about burial:
deities, and funerary beliefs and practices
• archaeological/written evidence of the uniqueness of
Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Eighteenth Dynasty
• Tutankhamun and popular culture.

3. EGYPTIAN TIMELINE
• Old Kingdom (2700-2150)
• Hieroglyphics and religion develop in Egypt
• pyramids built
• Middle Kingdom (2040-1786)
• extension of Egyptian control into Nubia
• New Kingdom (1570-1075)
• militaristic - Hebrews enslaved
• mummification perfected

4. 2. Label the following
key sites on your map
- Upper Egypt
- Lower Egypt
- Pyramids of Giza
- Valley of the Kings
- Amarna
- Thebes
- Memphis
- Nubia
- Libya
- The River Nile
1. Where was
Tutankhamun’s
tomb located?
2. Why was
Tutankhamun’s
tomb not found
near the Pyramids
of Giza

5. GOING FURTHER
1. Use the timeline to identify how many kingdoms the periods
in Ancient Egypt are divided up into?
2. What years did the New Kingdom Era cover?
3. Define the following key terms:
1. Dynasty
2. Hyksos
3. Mortuary Temple
4. Click on the following link and create summaries on the following New
Kingdom features
• Pharaoh
• Religion
• Society
LINK:
http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/newkingdom/index.html
KEY POINTS: Not much is known about the reign of Tutankhamun
because he only ruled for around 9 years. But he was the 13th King in the
18th Dynasty of New Kingdom Egypt; he had certain traditions which
would have defined his rule. Over the new few lessons we will learn
about these.