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by the fourth dynasty kings (399s3721 B. c.. The
fifteenth and sixteenth dynasties were the invading
shepherd kings from Syria, who fixed their capi-
tai In the Delta. The seventeenth dynasty shows
the rise of the Egyptian stock ruling at Thebes and
the expulsion of the Hyskos. Tut-Ankh-Amen's
time the eighteenth dynasty (15S7-137S b. c..
Meneptha, generally supposed to be the Pharaoh
of the Exodus, the last of the nineteenth dy-
nasty (132S-1203 B. c..
Tut-Ankh-Amens dynasty was powerful, snowy
and interesting. There seven kings in this
order: Tahutmes ", Amenhotep III, Akhenaten
Rasmenkha, Tutankhamen, Ay, Horemheb. These
are the ordinary encyclopedia names. All sorts of
variations are found, each king had four names
and there different readings of each. Amen
hotep III was possibly greatest of the seven;
der him Egypt practically mistress of the
world. Akhn-aton (Amenhotep ", 1375-135S B.
O., the famous "Heretic King" Rasmenkha
n nobody who married a daughter of Akh-n-
atom and ruled for few months only. Tut-Ankh-
Amen apparently ruled for about eight years and
died young.
Tut-Ankh-Amen Is interesting almost entirely be
cause of his connection with Akh-n-aton and his
tomb has been persstently sought in the hope of in
formation about the Hereto King" For Akin
atom, the BOY Pharaoh" is the first in
corded history who rejected polytheism and de-
clared for one god He defed the arrogant priest
hood of Anon and announced an invisible Father
of mankind, the Lord OF love- the "COmfOrter
of them that weep" He abandoned Thebes and
built splendid new capital at Tel-e-Amarna with
q temple dedicated to "Aton" his god. Icono-
clast and dreamer, he condemned conventional art
and ordered the representation of things they
appeared to the eye refused to make war. His
city was sort of ancient Utopia. Unfortunately
he died at twenty-eght, leaving only daughters.
His mummy found in 1907 by Carter but the
tomb had been completely rihed.
Tut-Ankh-Amen married daughter of Akh-n-
atom and at first accepted his father-in-laws
llgion, calling himself Tut-Ankh-Aton. But he
found Egypt nearly bankrupt and failing in power.
So he changed his name, abandoned the new capi-
tai, went back to Thebes, restored the priests of
Anon with increased power and prospered exceed
ingly Does his tomb contain heroglyphics or
papyri relating to all this?
The process of mummifyng the dead was VI
tai factor in the Egyptian religion; Its
depended existence in the next world. Embaim-
ing was therefore sacred art and for 80 centuries
the Egyptians sought to improve It, As they i'm
proved the art they improved their tombs Num-
niles were first buried in the sand and protected
by rockwork Early kings built themselves pyra-
mids Later kings cut into the solid rock The
most important work In Egyptian literature Is the
Book of the Dead" This ritual the guide
In the next world and In whole or In part was de-
posted with every mummy. 1t shows that at
stage of the journey in the next world the shade
must re-enter his body. Hence the need for sue
cessful embalmng, impenetrable tomb and a
storehouse full of necessities.
The intrinsic value of the articles In the first
room has been estimated at about S15,000000. This
leaves the contents of the two annex rooms and
of the catafalque to be reckoned with, with ths
possibility of other chambers. Lord Carnarvon
Inmates the S15.OOO.0OO to represent "about one
fourth of what is now in sight" The marl1st
value on the curio basis can only be guessed.