*How did King Tut die and why was he famous?* 

The most famous of all the kings found in the Valley of the Kings was Tutankhamun, also known as King Tut.  It is thought that he was murdered by an official because his skull was bashed in and only a person of great importance could get near enough to harm him.  He is so famous because his tomb was  in almost perfect condition.  His tomb  had been robbed once very soon after he was put in, but everything lost was replaced as soon  as possible.

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The mummy of King Tut was  found in 1922 by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon.  Lord Carnarvon who was a rich man who owned the right to dig in the Valley of the Kings where Tutankhamun was found.  Lord Carnarvon was letting Carter dig for a king named Tutankhamun who's name Carter had read on some stone walls.

Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon searched for five years for Tutankhamun in the valley of the kings yet they found nothing. Lord Carnarvon was giving up hope after five years, so Carter offered to pay for the workers, and Lord Carnarvon agreed to this.  After four days of work under Carter's pay they found the steps leading to the entrance to the tomb.  It took Lord Carnarvon two weeks to get from England to the valley of the kings.  When Lord Carnarvon got to the scene they began futher excavation.