due to the severe limit on my posts (hate being a novice) I will have to keep this brief.

Horemheb was a mere commander-in-chief of the Egyptian army, right?! However, during the reign of King Tut there were few military skirmishes to worry about, and we all know that idle hands are the devil’s workshop. Horemheb knew that he was third in line for the kingship after Tut and Ay. He was so close to becoming the supreme power he could taste it. He was driven with pure unadulterated greed.

King Tut was not a healthy boy. Based on recent evidence, it is now believed that he suffered from Klippel-Feil syndrome. This fuses the upper vertebrae of his spine se that he would not have been able to turn his head without turning his whole torso. Having such an illness meant he probably would have used walking canes extensively, as evidenced by over 100 of them found in his tomb. There were also two girls found in his tomb, both of whom also had spinal injuries. Some people also believe that he had unusually large hips and would have basically looked a little pear. So you can easily see how someone so extensively trained in the army could have easily overpower and kill the king. And as one of Tut’s advisers, he would have easy access to him.

The most telling evidence comes after Tut’s death. His widow, Ankhsenamun, was slated to marry a Hittite prince but he was mysteriously killed on his journey there….by Horemheb? The queen was sending a servant of hers to fetch the prince, and with all his traveling in the army it might well have been Horemheb. Horemheb knew Ay wouldn’t last long and after Ay’s death he basically defaced all of King Tut’s monuments and striked Tut’s, as well as some other’s, names off the royal lists of Pharaohs. Coincidence? I think not.

will post bib and everything else later but right now I have class...