Tutankhamun: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Useful works on Tutankhamun include Howard Carter and A.C. Mace, The Tomb of Tut-ankh-Amen, 3 vol. (1923–33, reissued 1963), also available in an abridged one-volume edition with the same title (1954, reissued 1972); Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, Tutankhamen: Life and Death of a Pharaoh (1963, reprinted 1989); I.E.S. Edwards, Harry Burton, and Lee Boltin, Tutankhamun: His Tomb and Its Treasures (1976); and Nicholas Reeves, The Complete Tutankhamun (1990, reissued 2007). T.G.H. James and Araldo De Luca, Tutankhamun (2000), contains hundreds of photographs cataloguing the wealth of Tutankhamun’s funerary regalia.
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Peter Dorman received his PhD. from the University of Chicago in 1985 and served as the president of the American University of Beirut from 2005 to 2015. He has received numerous research grants and is the author and editor of several major books and many articles on the study of ancient Egypt.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: BBC - 'A gasp of wonderment escaped our lips': The dazzling discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. | Sep 05, 2026 | ||
| Clarified that Carter led a team, which undertook the survey of the Valley of the Kings. | Nov 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - King Tutankhamun: Life, Death, and Family. | Sep 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - The Botanical Treasures of Tutankhamun (PDF). | Jun 19, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Tour Egypt - Egypt: Tutankhamun (King Tut) of the 18th Dynasty. | Jul 22, 2024 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Apr 22, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 12, 2024 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 26, 2024 | ||
| Updated dynasty and reign dates. | Mar 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Wonderful Things: Howard Carter's Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb. | Nov 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Who was King Tut? | Aug 13, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Tutankhamun. | Jul 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Humanities - King Tut: A Classic Blockbuster Museum Exhibition That Began as a Diplomatic Gesture. | Mar 31, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - The Boy King Behind the Mask: Tutankhamun�s Life and Legacy. | Nov 11, 2022 | ||
| Removed media. | Feb 23, 2022 | ||
| Updated to mention that Tutankhamun's artifacts are now housed in the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza. | Feb 22, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - In Our Time - Tutankhamun. | Apr 07, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Egypt Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities - A Virtual Tour Through the Tutankhamun Collection at the Egyptian Museum. | Apr 07, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum - Tutankhamun. | Apr 07, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Canadian Museum of History - Mysteries of Egypt - Tutankhamun. | Apr 07, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 23, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient Egyptians - Biography of King Tutankhamun. | Jan 31, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 29, 2019 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 16, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Tutankhamun. | May 25, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Kidzworld - Egypt - King Tut Revealed. | Feb 24, 2017 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Dec 20, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - Tutankhamun: The Life and Death of the Boy Pharaoh. | Jul 08, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Canadian Museum of History - Biography of Tutankhamun. | Jul 08, 2016 | ||
| Changed spelling of Tutankhamun. | Mar 11, 2016 | ||
| In Bibliography, changed spelling of Tutankhamun. | Mar 10, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The British Museum - Biography of Tutankhamun. | Jul 10, 2013 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 18, 2013 | ||
| Updated to mention the presence of malaria parasites in his remains. | Feb 18, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 09, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Buzzle.com - How Are Blood Cells Formed in Our Body. | Dec 01, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Nov 26, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Buzzle.com - Organic Compounds List. | Nov 12, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Tutankhamun. |
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| Added new Web site: The Tomb of Tutankhamun - Howard Carter's Diary Entry. | Jun 01, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Tomb of Tutankhamun - Howard Carter's Diary Entry. | Jun 01, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Geographic Homework Help. | May 26, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Geographic Homework Help. | May 26, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 10, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 09, 2003 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 04, 1999 |
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