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Tutankhamun | 3. Life & death of a boy king

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Akenarton's Claim to the Throne Appears to Have Been a Strong One

The circumstances in which tuton carmon came to the throne aren't entirely clear. But what we can say is that his claim to the throne appears to have been a strong one. Any royal princes must have gone through a very specific kind of education and training, because there was a chance an elder brother would die.

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