CAS AR 100 Midterm: Exam 2 Study Guide.docx
13 Mar 2014
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Imposed monotheism (pharaoh was divine dictator, which angered many) Became hair apparent when his brother thutmose dies prematurely. Empire declined rapidly and was succeeded by his young son, tutankhamen. Excavated by and edward r. ayrton and flinders petrie in 1907. Became the royal burial place where tutmose i, tutankhamen and ramses ii were buried. Lawyer who excavated the valley of the kings along with ayrton and others. When his efforts to find an intact royal tomb did not yield anything, he said that the valley of the kings had been exhausted. He was proved wrong by the discovery of tutankhamen"s intact tomb. Cache for some of the grave goods and funerary equipment of tut. Davis and ayrton believed that they had found the tomb of tutankhamen (a hieratic text had been found that indicated it was related to tut) Archaeologist funded by lord carnarvon who was credited with finding tut"s fully intact tomb.
