Tut's head, scanned in ... After Akhenaten’s death, a scramble for the throne ensued. A mysterious pharaoh named Smenkhkare may have become king and reigned for a year or two before dying ...

Ten years after ascending the throne, Tutankhamun is dead, leaving no heirs to succeed him. He is hastily buried in a small tomb, designed originally for a private person rather than a king.

A recent analysis by researchers from the University of York suggests that King ... Tutankhamun due to the haste with which ...

With his accession upon the death of his mother ... is extremely rare in England. The last time a king abdicated the British throne was December 11, 1936, when King Edward VIII stepped away ...

A king of the people ... Once on the throne, Charles reassured the public he had the temperament for the job. “In his accession speech, he made it clear that he would not devote himself to ...