ong with a lot of other Egyptians. The main feature he enhanced with makeup was his eyes. Everyday he outlined his eyes in kohl, a paste of ground malachite mixed with liquid. This created a dark liquid to define his eyes, resembling the eyeliner of today 18. Tutankhamen married his half sister, Ankhesenamun soon after his crowning of pharaoh. This marriage was an attempt to make King Tut more capable of ruling Egypt in the public eye 19. Although, they did not have any children together, two female fetuses were found buried next to Tutankhamen. These are believed to be their stillborn daughters 20. Tutankhamen was worshipped as a living god, having immense power and wealth, like all the other pharaohs of ancient Egypt. He had numerous responsibilities also. He had the responsibility of building monuments that would please the gods, he had to perform ceremonies to ensure fertile land for the growing season, and he had to make offerings to gain the gods’ favor for Egypt. King Tutankhamen also made all of the laws was the commander-in-chief of the army. Along with all of his other duties, King Tutankhamen also had to rebuild Egypt after the horrible rule of Akhenaton. He did all of this while being in his early teenage years 21. Tutankhamen had official guides to generally guide him in the affairs of the state because he was a child pharaoh. Tutankhamen had two official guides, Aye and Horemheb, who were both court officials. Aye was of higher ranking than Horemheb 22. A lot of Tutankhamen’s brief reign was spent rebuilding and restoring Egypt to what it was before Akhenaton reigned 23. Akhenaton, during his rule, abolished Egypt’s main religion, which was polytheism. Akhenaton proclaimed Aten as the one and only god. He forced people to abandon their other gods and convert to monotheism. Tutankhamen, during his reign, brought back the old religion and changed the country back to their old ways 24. Tutankhamen’s ch...
