My presentation notes for speech:
Tutankhumun lived and died in one of the richest and more sophisticated periods in Egyptian history, filled religious turmoil and international power-politics.
He took to the throne as a young boy but his ruling was weak because in actual fact. Tutankhumun was just a small child manipulated behind a golden mask as a leader and ruler when he wasn't ready for it. His legacy was a country, physically and spiritually drained to it's absolute limits. Despite this though, he lived a very rich and wealthy life and died rich too. At the age of 16 Tutankhum had died, buried in tomb 62 of which tomb 9 was overlaying.
Contrary to popular belief, tombs in the pyramids of Egypt aren't riddled with booby traps but there are a few "anti-theft" measures the Egyptians did employ to be able to keep theives out. These included the likes of curses, a stone which weighed about a tonne or two would be placed by the entrance of the tomb with a curse written on it in hieroglyphics. Of course these curses aren't real, but they really did add to the mystery of it. The ancient Egyptians also tried their hardest in camoflaging and hiding their exact locations of the tombs by making false passage ways.
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