At age 9 Tut became King. But before he could do anything, he endured the Civil War on religion. The Atonists went about destroying statues, blotting out the plural form of GODS from all monuments, closed temples, diverted offerings to Aton temples, fired priests who did not conform, and upset the people.
Today we find this in Iraq and Egypt, with Shias and Sunni Muslim sects or Taliban of Afghanistan vs. Buddhists.
The Civil War lasted over 3 years time. At age 12, Tut changed his name and policy to Orthodox Polytheism. He rebuilt and repaired temples, made solid gold statues of Amun, the former State Deity, and to pay for this he led raids into gold-rich Nubia and prosperous Syria and Libya, who sent him tribute/taxes. This appeased the people. His predecessor Smenkhkara had his tomb violated during the Civil War; so contents were recycled for tut's burial in the same tomb (KV62). Smenkhkare was found in KV55 in a stripped coffin, thought to contain the cross-dresser Heretic Akhenaton. Smenkhkara may have been the son of Nebmaatra Amonhotep 3 and brother of Meritaton [Merit-Ra], also a name for Nefertiti's daughter. This is the genetic parents of Tut, as revealed in 2010 CE.
M7, 2011.
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