Tutankhamun, the boy king of ancient Egypt, came to power only after two of his sisters jointly held the throne, according to an Egyptologist at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal.
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Researchers have known for more than half a century that a queen had reigned before Tutankhamun, whose intact tomb was discovered in 1922, sparking global interest in Egyptology. Akhenaten had six daughters before having his son later on, who had a frail constitution and was plagued by illness throughout his life.
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