TUTANKHAMEN. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A BOY KING. C. EL MAHDY IN SOUTH AFRICA

 Paperback in excellent condition. Published in 2000. 341 pages. Lots of colour pictures to support the text. Three and a half thousand years ago, a little boy of around seven years old was crowned pharaoh. Nine years later he was dead! Tutankhamen lay in peace  until 1922, when Howard Carter reopened the tomb. Suddenly the young King achieved a fame he never attained in life. Political infighting and bitter struggles for power characterized the period... now… for the first time, Christine El Mahdy can tell the full, fascinating story!  El Mahdy examines  the most startling allegations of heresy, homosexuality, invest and murder and puts them in a new period context.