{"id":16067,"date":"2022-07-21T17:47:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T15:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=211853"},"modified":"2022-07-21T18:29:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T16:29:10","slug":"tutankhamun-life-death-of-the-boy-king","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/tutankhamun-life-death-of-the-boy-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutankhamun: life &amp; death of the boy king"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Ellie Cawthorne\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 21 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Tutankhamun is the most famous pharaoh of all, but what do we actually know about his short life and reign?<\/p>\n<p>In episode three of our series on the boy king, Ellie Cawthorne speaks to Professor Aidan Dodson and Dr Chris Naunton about the defining events of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/ancient-egypt\/8-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-tutankhamun\/&quot;\">Tutankhamun<\/a>\u2019s reign, before taking a look at his family, health and lavish lifestyle. They also investigate the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/ancient-egypt\/what-killed-tutankhamun-tutankhamen-death-died-murdered-inbred-pharoah-egyptian-howard-carter\/&quot;\">young pharaoh\u2019s premature death<\/a>, delving into theories of murder, malaria and death by hippopotamus.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-211853-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/HistoryExtraTutankhamunEp3-1624935.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/HistoryExtraTutankhamunEp3-1624935.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/HistoryExtraTutankhamunEp3-1624935.mp3<\/a><\/audio><h2\/>\n<section class=\"&quot;highlight\"><div class=\"&quot;highlight__content\" editor-content=\"\"> <p><strong>Want to hear more? Browse more episodes in our<\/strong> <strong>podcast series on <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/podcast-series\/tutankhamun-podcast-series\/&quot;\">Tutankhamun\u2019s life, death and legacy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p><\/div> <\/section><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ellie Cawthorne Published: Thursday, 21 July 2022 at 12:00 am Tutankhamun is the most famous pharaoh of all, but what do we actually know about his short life and reign? 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