Now, his heart finally rests in the royal tomb amongst his fellow royals. After some DNA testing, it was confirmed that this was the heart of the young king, who did die while imprisoned at the age of 10. However, over the centuries, the heart fell into different hands - until the heart was finally returned to the basilica in 1975. (He was likely right, as the basilica was raided in the following years.) However, rather than be placed in the royal tomb, Basilica of Saint-Denis, Louis's physician held onto the heart - fearing it would be stolen during the revolution. In French tradition, the royal's hearts are cut out and preserved - almost immediately following death. It turns out a mummified heart finally gave closure to this tale. Had the young king really died? Or had he managed to get away to a place of safety?

As soon as the news of his death broke, people were questioning if this was true. There, he died in 1795 at the age of 10 of tuberculous. Louis was smuggled away to a cobbler's house to keep him safe before his mother, Marie-Antoinette, was also executed.Įventually the young boy was captured and reimprisoned in the Temple. After Louis XVI was beheaded, his eight-year-old son, Louis XVII, was deemed the King of France. The public had overthrown the monarchy, imprisoning the royal family in the Temple in Paris. Historians believe the dagger may have been a gift from a ruler of another land. However, Tut died in 1323 BCE - at least 100 years before what we call the “ Iron Age.” This dagger seems to predate when we thought humans had the technology to forge iron products. The team found an iron dagger in the tomb, among other daggers, like a solid gold one placed on Tut's thigh.

During the excavation, the team found over 5,000 artifacts that have been instrumental in learning about Egyptian culture.Īnd now that takes us back to the weapon. In fact, when archaeologist Howard Carter found the tomb in 1922, it was the finest example humanity had found of an untouched Egyptian tomb. Tut was only pharaoh for a decade before passing at age 19, so he didn't have much time to accomplish anything.įor this reason, his tomb wasn't ransacked like so many other Egyptian royals. Most of us are familiar with King Tutankhamun, or Tut, not from his power as a king, but from the discovery of his tomb. However, the famous finding of King Tut's tomb included a very special kind of weapon. Weapons weren't uncommon to find in tombs, as they were thought to offer protection to the dead in the afterlife.

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