Download History for Kids: The Illustrated Life of King Tutankhamun AudioBook Free

Perfect for ages 7-10. In Charles River Editors' Background for Kids series, your kids can learn about history's most important people and occasions in an easy, interesting, and educational way. This concise but thorough audiobook will keep your kid's attention all the way to the end. Tutankhamun: he who is the living image of the god Amun, the image of rebirth, one of perfect laws, who pacifies both lands, one who has increased the crowns, the pacifier of the gods, the god Ra is the possessor of forms; Tutankamun, Tut-mesut, Neferhepu-segerehtaui, Wetjes-khau-sehetep-netjeru, Nebkheprure. These are the brands and titles of any king who perished at a young age, and who is today remembered as you of Ancient Egypt's most well-known rulers. The mere reference to his name, Tutankhamun, brings to brain visions of yellow metal and splendor and thoughts of any majestic kingdom, however the reality of this young king is something quite different. His fame has less to do with his position ever sold and nearly everything to do with the breakthrough of his tomb by Howard Carter in 1922. There are many questions and mysteries still bordering this famous king of Egypt. Who was Tutankhamun? Where did he come from? That which was his kingdom like? How did he live and die? And just why is his name so carefully associated with images and thoughts of Ancient Egypt to the modern mind? These are just a several questions which have been asked by scholars and the general public alike concerning the young ruler during Ancient Egypt's New Kingdom Period. Some do have answers, while some may only be theorized. Background for Kids: The Illustrated Life of King Tutankhamun looks at the known and unidentified about the historic Egyptian king and attempts to separate simple fact from fiction to analyze his life and reign.

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