Why Dr Zahi Hawass is Wrong about Tutankhamon's Parents

Why Dr Zahi Hawass is Wrong about Tutankhamon's Parents

Copyright 2015 Michael J. Costa, All rights reserved.

1.  The Mummy in KV55 is NOT Akhenaton.  When Tut was Pharaoh, Smenkhkara's tomb was violated.  Tut retained the burial site (KV62) for himself along with many of Smenkhkara's furnishings - the Canopic Mummy Cases that held his organs, the 2nd Coffin, etc.  The Wall Murals in the tomb KV62 have Smenkhkara's features and Tut merely wrote his names over the previous occupant's names (as was customary in Ancient Egypt).  
2.  Akhenaton was never buried in the Valley of the Kings.  He had his own tomb in Akhet-aton (Tell Al Amarna).  He would be buried there.  It was empty on excavation.  The tombs were violated during the brief Civil War that erupted during Tutankhamon's early years as King.  This was due to the rule of Akhenaton, the Heretic Pharaoh.  
3.  Tut's Parents are Brother & Sister.  Akhenaton does not have a sister the same age as him whom he would have married.  Instead, Smenkhkara (a son of Akhenaton most likely) and Meritaton (Akhenaton's daughter) mated to produce Tut.  Smenkhkara as a son of Akhenaton by a minor, non-royal wife, was Pharaoh or co-regent with Akhenaton and after his mysterious absence.  Smenkhkara was 25 and Akhenaton was 47 according to Howard Carter; Smenkhkara could easily be Akhenaton's son, not in line for the throne, or was his original heir.  Tut was 9 at this time, old enough to be Smenkhkara's son. 
4.  Akhenaton wanted someone to continue his religious new Science, so he chose Tut as his heir via marriage to his daughter Ankhesenpaaton.  Royal marriages were from the female lineage.  You cannot be King without marriage to his Daughters, "bodily son or not."  
5.  Akhenaton was a Drug Addict who ruined his Country so he could "study" his new religion while high on drugs -- pieces of Hemp were found in his Akhet-aton tomb; Hemp = Marijuana.  
6.  Tut restored Egypt from the Heresy of Akhenaton.  He rebuilt many temples, statues, and images using his own face when the divine faces were damaged; these buildings were usurped by his heirs.  
7.  Tut's "clubbed foot" did  not appear until his Teens.  So he could have waged war or hunted in his younger days.  The same leg appeared "damaged" on the left knee.  In my own experience, I often kneel on my left knee, causing holes on my pants.  Kneeling on the left knee was for religious purposes as shown in Egyptian images.  
8.  The stress from the foreign wars, religious reforms, the Hittites, and his own harem experiences would prompt him to royal suicide by Asp (the Traditional method); he was not murdered.  As a result of his tomb being desecrated in 1923, the Ka of Tut is protected by Akhu (Angels) to prevent further desecration.  Perhaps you have noticed this? Dr. Zahi Hawass noticed this in March 2008. 

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