The Mystery of Tutankhamon (An Excerpt):
Copyright © 2020 Mike Costa, All rights
reserved.
This book is
from my original research mixed with contemporary Egyptology and from recent
Genetic tests on the mummy of Pharaoh Tutankhamon.
Chapter 1:
In
Egyptologist Dr. Nicholas Reeves’
book, “The Complete Tutankhamun,” he
mentions the original red granite lid (cracked in 2 parts) found on top of the yellow
quartzite sarcophagus that held the coffins.
This means the original burial of Tutankhamun had a red granite sarcophagus. Reeves has recent theories suggesting Queen
Nefertiti is in KV62-B based on artwork that was painted over in the tomb, and
that the tomb was designed for a female.
He also believes that Smenkhkara is Nefertiti.
KV62
originally was intended for Smenkhkara and was violated during Tut’s
reign. The second coffin has a male face
on it, not Tutankhamun. It is thought
this male is Smenkhkara, the husband of Queen Meritaton (a daughter of
Akhenaton). There is an unidentified
mummy in tomb KV55 which people accept is Akhenaton based on its coffin’s
condition and genetic ties to Tut. The KV55
mummy is the “son of Amonhotep 3 Nebmaatra and Queen Tiye,” and a “male
relative of Tutankhamun” such as a “Father, Brother, or Uncle.” Dr. Zahi Hawass said that “Ay is the brother
of Tutankhamun,” who performed last rites for Tut on the burial chamber in
KV62. Is KV55 Mummy actually his brother
Ay?
Younger Lady Mummy is “the mother of Tutankhamon” based
only on Genetics. She is also the sister
of KV55 Mummy. Ay said on his monuments
that he is the “son of Amonhotep 3 Nebmaatra.”
There is also speculation he is related to Queen Tiye (wife of
Nebmaatra). Ay also confiscated
monuments of Tutankhamun by placing his names on them, as did General Horemhab
(the Crown Prince/successor to Tutankhamun), who also claimed relationship with
Nebmaatra.
In Egypt the
royal lineage was not via the son of the King, but via the Queen or female
royal line. Male heirs occur in European
Feudalism. Egyptian Feudalism was from
the Female heir or marriage to her. This
is why Male Pharaohs marry their own daughters to maintain legitimacy after
their Queen dies. Ramses the Great did this,
as did Akhenaton and Amonhotep 3 Nebmaatra.
Amonhotep 3 Nebmaatra
introduced one of his daughters to his
son Amonhotep 4 (Akhenaton) whom was living
in the Harem in Malqata (Luxor, Egypt). The Harem
woman’s name was “The Beautiful Woman has arrived,” whom you know as Nefertiti.
Before he gave his son this woman he had
to test her ability to produce a male heir. The Harem was designed to maintain fertility of
the King. So they mated and produced a son,
Tutankhuaton, the “bodily son of the King.” Nebmaatra was the father, and subsequent Grandfather,
of Tutankhuaton. Nefertiti and Akhenaton
were about the same age, but produced only female heirs. So Akhenaton later abandoned Nefertiti and mated
his eldest daughters.
Amonhotep 3 Nebmaatra
co-ruled with his son a long time, and Tutankhuaton was born during the last year
of this co-regency. Afterwards Amonhotep
4 changed his name to Akhenaton and caused problems in Egyptian society while ruling
with Nefertiti. He introduced religious reforms,
did nothing to maintain the Empire, closed temples, destroyed statues of the Polytheist
Gods, and ordered all offerings go to his only Temple of Aton in his City of the
Sun. Riots were the result. So he made sure never to leave his City in fear
of assassination.
Egyptian Feudalism
was a Temple economy. The Temples owned most
of the land, for farming, by the 18th Dynasty. Pharaoh owned less than that. So Akhenaton invented a new God as State God (Aton),
and said only the King could worship Aton as its High Priest. This was entirely Political. When people refused, he cracked down on the dissent.
The Empire crumbled, alliances ended, and
enemies invaded or moved up the boundary markers. Akhenaton consolidated the Temple economy from
Polytheism to Monotheism. Plural of Deity
was effaced from Temples and other monuments. This was forced on the people. His new City was built by forced labor, as indicated
by the skeletal remains of his young builders.
Because problems
arose when ruling alone, Akhenaton had another co-regency with his heirs. Nefertiti did most of the work when ruling with
her husband Akhenaton. She was not an independent
Pharaoh. Akhenaton was an inept ruler and
possible drug addict (Lotus, Mandrakes, Cannabis, etc.). He married Meritaton as Queen, and Ankhesenpaaton
as his co-ruler, Ankhkheperura, the female Smenkhkara. An unfinished statue of Akhenaton kissing Ankhesenpaaton
(his favorite) exists.
Tutankhamun has
a clothing mannequin with a Nefertiti style crown on it. If the original painting in KV62 was Tut performing
last rites for her, why was it painted over? The mural was painted after the
(hidden) chambers were sealed, so the original
painting was not there when it was done
because of where the “door” is located behind the Setem Priest. The wall would not be there either. The mural was completed at night and the tomb was
sealed while the paint was wet (there is black mold on the mural).
The Younger Lady Mummy would be Nefertiti, the
mother of Tutankhamun. She is the daughter
of Amonhotep 3 Nebmaatra. Nebmaatra also
mated his parent to produce his “sister/daughter Sitamum.” Sitamun means “Daughter of Amun.” Nebmaatra has a sister and daughter both named
Sitamun. This is Egyptian Incest. It is reflected in the religion of Osiris, whom
mated his sister Isis. Tutankhamon was buried
as Osiris. Tut mated another female (a sister, probably Bakhetaton)
to produce 2 still-born daughters found in KV62. Bakhetaton was probably the daughter of Tiye and
Akhenaton. Both she and Tut have the inherited
disorder Clubbed Foot from Amonhotep 3 Nebmaatra. KV55 Mummy
doesn’t have this. Genetic Disorders
are common with Incest.
Chapter 2:
Ankh-kheperura
was co-ruler with her father Akhenaton until he died or was assassinated. She ruled alone for a few months until an heir
was found (Tutankhamun), whom she married. If Akhenaton
“exiled Meritaton and the male Smenkhkara” did they reside in Scotland?
The legendary founder of Scotland was “Scotia”
whom some say is Meritaton, and an Egyptian
burial was found there with Egyptian Faience beads. “In 1955
Archaeologist Dr. Sean O’Riordan of Trinity College in Dublin made a discovery at
Tara, the site of Ancient Kingship of Ireland. Bronze Age skeletal remains of a young Prince, who wore a necklace of Egyptian
Faience beads was found… A stone originally from Egypt was brought to Scotland
from Ireland known as the Stone of Destiny.”
http://ionamiller.weebly.com/scota.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/scota
“The 12th Century sources state that
Scota was the daughter of an Egyptian Pharaoh,
a contemporary of Moses, who married Geytholos (Goidel Glas) and became the eponymous
founders of the Scots and Gaels after
being exiled from Egypt.”
In 2010 Dr. Zahi Hawass tested the mummy of Tutankhamun
with Genetics. He found that the DNA of Tut had “European markers,” R1bla2 haplo group found in 50% of Western Europe,
and in Spain/Britain of 70%.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KV63
In KV63 a part
of Ankhesenpaaton’s name was found (Pa-Aton)
along with a termite-infested wooden coffin that resembles her. The tomb is located near KV62.
Chapter 3:
The original tomb
for the female Smenkhkara was in KV62; it would be a family tomb. After it was violated initially, Tut saved it for
himself until he could build a larger one. It was not his tomb, yet he is buried there. It was Ankhesenpaaton on the mural as practice, which was painted over when
the tomb was actually occupied. The wall
needed to be there for a complete picture, so the wall was added then painted. This meant the occupant was in there before the wall was put in. If Nefertiti was dead the wall was added after her burial and painted, not repainted, opened and resealed. So Nefertiti cannot be in KV62B.
If by violated
this meant the hidden chamber was breached and “Nefertiti” was removed, perhaps.
Then Ankhesenamon was interred and it was
sealed. Once Ankh was in the hidden chamber,
Tut was crammed into the remaining space as his tomb so as to fool any thief that
this is all they would find. Egyptians loved
to make fake passages to fool tomb thieves since the Pyramid Age.
In the process
of moving items, some of her trappings are placed into KV63 tomb temporarily. A coffin containing pillows represents a fake burial weighted with pillows in place
of a mummy. Coffins in Tut’s burial are gold-covered
wood. The yellow face is where the gold is
added.
Tut’s original
sarcophagus was red granite – the only known red granite one is in King Ay’s tomb
KV23. It was found smashed and was restored
in modern times. Horemhab (the Crown Prince)
was angry that Ay was Pharaoh after Tut “died” so he destroyed Ay’s sarcophagus,
purged his tomb from Ay’s face, and usurped his monuments. The KV55 Coffin was stripped of identity by Horemhab.
Tutankhamun’s
weapons and armor show usage from his tomb. So this “proves” he was a Warrior-Pharaoh (as it
said in Eye of the Pharaoh © Mike Costa
1990). He would restore the Empire post-Akhenaton.
His “war chest” shows this as does “Tribute
bearers” in his Viceroy’s tomb. So perhaps
his Queen felt left out and wanted to cure the issue with the Hittites, at war with
Egypt? So she writes to the Hittite King, offering herself as a Peace Treaty? This
happens while Tut is still alive. So Tut
discovers the Egyptian copies of those letters, and tells Horemhab to intercept
the Hittite Prince. Vizier Ay wanted to usurp
the throne from Tut with his Queen’s help, as in the letters. Ay was a “Servant” that Ankh didn’t want to wed.
A faience “wedding ring” was discovered containing
names of Ankh and Ay. So Tut has Ay killed
for treason, and buried in KV55. The Hittites
go and tell everyone that “Tut is dead,” so Tut has no choice but to pretend to
be dead with a fake burial. He then changes
his name to King Ay and dies before Horemhab returns home to Egypt, and is buried
in KV23 where Horemhab finds him once the tomb is damaged. Horemhab has Tut reburied in KV62.
Tut dies from
self-inflicted Asp bite, a “traditional choice of Egyptian royalty.” As King Ay, Tut remains married to Ankhesenamon
and writes letters to the Hittites while also sending them Pestilence from Egypt
via infected couriers. The Hittite King later
dies from this. Ankh dies either before Tut
or shortly thereafter. She is buried in the
remainder of KV62, and Tut is inserted there to block access. Tut’s vengeful Ka Spirit guards her tomb.
Horemhab knows
about the hidden chamber as he used it for his burial, which was plundered. Horemhab was Tut’s “guidance councilor.” Tut had anger issues like Alexander the Great.
The
last one to enter the tomb was during Horemhab’s reign. Then the tomb was sealed
“via flood waters” like KV63.
Copyright © 2020 Mike Costa
Notes © MC 2020
If the wall was
already in the Burial Chamber and painted with Nefertiti, then there are no hidden
chambers, and the Burial Chamber held her remains in the yellow quartzite sarcophagus.
The wall was repainted for Tutankhamon. If the painting was for Nefertiti originally (maybe
she died at the same time as Tut?) then Tut would not be performing last rites (Opening of the Mouth Ceremony) for her. Then the workers changed it for Tutankhamon once
the extension was filled in and sealed. Nefertiti
would be evicted and replaced with Tutankhamon.
The mural includes
the features of Tut/Ay and Tut-Osiris/Nefertiti, but would be there after the tomb (part B) was already sealed.
Meaning whoever is buried there died before Tutankhamon or Nefertiti. No one would see the scene on the other side of
the wall, so no reason to have it there.
In Akhenaton’s
tomb the Canopic Shrine Statues are of Nefertiti; in Tut’s tomb they are of his
Queen Ankhesenamon. The winged goddesses
on the sarcophagus in KV62 are female representations of Ankhesenamon. On Tut’s deity monuments he replaced the faces
of gods with his own face, probably because Akhenaton effaced the statues of these
gods and Tut wanted to preserve his own, unknown to the people who just saw the
images as static representations. It is also
evidence of deification which began under Amonhotep 3 Nebmaatra and Akhenaton.
Tut would choose
suicide if Ankhesenamon died (similar to Cleopatra VII). Then Horemhab returns home from war overseas fighting
the Hittites and blames Ay for Tut’s death, so persecutes Ay’s memory. Ay’s coffin is damaged in KV23 containing Tut’s
remains. Horemhab realizes this error, and
has Tut secretly reburied in KV62.