Horemheb Killed King Tut

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Horemheb assassinated King Tut. As the writer of Mysteries of Egypt observed, Horemheb was a man of low birth, and was later on appointed to General under Tut’s father, Akhenaten. When Akhenaten died Tut became pharaoh, and promoted Horemheb to commander-in-chief of the army and the deputy of the king. An ex-ray of Tut’s skull showed a blood clot at it’s base. So he was probably hit over the head. After Tut's death Ay became pharaoh. But Horemheb's plan was to become pharaoh after he killed Tut. But Ay beat him to it.

Horemheb waited a little bit longer and then killed Ay, leaving him to be king. Horemheb erased Akhenaten, Tut, and Ay from the list of pharaohs. He was obviously had personal reasons to kill the two

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