Steve T Crabill

@SteveTCrabill

Storyteller and yarnspinner of fabulous tales. Author of Wipe That Smile Off Your Face! soon to be released by @hightidepub

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Steve T Crabill@SteveTCrabill·2 Mar

@Social_Moi @archeohistories Very similar to the “handlers” behind DJT, those handlers are providing script, determining policy, and are the “access gatekeepers”.

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Social Moi 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐻‍❄️🍔🤣@Social_Moi·1 Mar

@archeohistories There's no way that an 8 year old or even teenager did all that without someone else managing him. He didn't rule, another adult did all that in his name. Why not give them the credit? His mother? An uncle? Influential priest?

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Archaeo - Histories@archeohistories·1 Mar

Tutankhamun ascended to the throne of ancient Egypt around 1332 BC, at merely eight or nine years old, inheriting a kingdom in religious and political turmoil. Born as Tutankhaten during his father Akhenaten's controversial reign, the young pharaoh faced the monumental task of healing a fractured nation. His father had abandoned Egypt's traditional polytheistic religion in favor of worshipping a single deity, Aten, leaving temples in ruins and priesthoods dismantled across the land. By his third regnal year, Tutankhamun reversed his father's radical religious reforms and restored the worship of Amun and the traditional Egyptian gods. He changed his name from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun, moved the capital from Amarna back to Memphis, and initiated an ambitious restoration program to repair damaged temples and reinstate the ancient priesthoods. The young king enriched religious cults with gold, silver, and precious materials, commissioning new statues and sacred barques from the finest cedar wood, marking his reign as one of Egypt's greatest restoration periods. Despite his youth, evidence suggests Tutankhamun may have actively participated in military campaigns against Nubian and Asiatic enemies, with victories recorded at his mortuary temple. His tomb contained extensive military equipment including bows, swords, and shields, many showing signs of use. Remarkably, Tutankhamun was one of the few pharaohs worshipped as a deity during his lifetime, with temples dedicated to his deified form erected in Nubia at Kawa and Faras, establishing a cult structure with appointed priests and administrators. Tutankhamun's reign ended abruptly when he died unexpectedly around age eighteen, likely from complications of a leg fracture combined with severe malaria. His death marked the end of the Eighteenth Dynasty's royal bloodline, as his two daughters were stillborn or died shortly after birth. Because his royal tomb was incomplete, he was buried in a smaller non-royal tomb, which was subsequently lost and forgotten for over three millennia. The 1922 discovery of Tutankhamun's nearly intact tomb by Howard Carter transformed the young pharaoh from one of ancient Egypt's least significant rulers into its most famous. The tomb's 5,398 artifacts, including his iconic golden death mask, sparked worldwide fascination with ancient Egypt that continues today. His treasures have traveled the globe in blockbuster exhibitions, making "King Tut" a cultural phenomenon and ensuring that the boy king who spent his brief life restoring Egypt's past would himself achieve immortality. Tutankhamun's restoration of traditional Egyptian religion had profound and lasting effects on ancient Egypt's cultural and political landscape. His reversal of Akhenaten's monotheistic reforms stabilized the nation, restored economic prosperity through renewed temple activities, and reestablished Egypt's diplomatic relations with neighboring kingdoms. The religious restoration he initiated was completed by his successors, particularly Horemheb, who systematically erased the Amarna Period from official records. Ironically, this deliberate historical erasure helped preserve Tutankhamun's tomb from ancient looters, as his burial site was forgotten and buried beneath debris. The 1922 discovery of his intact tomb revolutionized Egyptology, sparked a global cultural phenomenon known as "Tutmania," and transformed public interest in archaeology and ancient civilizations. Today, Tutankhamun's golden mask remains one of the world's most recognizable symbols, ensuring that a pharaoh who ruled briefly and died young achieved an immortality in modern consciousness that far exceeds the fame of Egypt's most powerful rulers. #archaeohistories