died and Tutankhamen may have succeeded another king before Akhenaten. (www.crystalinks.com).
             Tutankhamen was the 12th King of the 18th Dynasty and was only about nine years old when he became king of Egypt. He ruled for only 10 years. Tutankhamen was from what is now known as Amarna. When he became King he returned to the original capital of Thebes and continued the original worship of the old gods. During the second year of his reign he changed his original name, Tutankhaten, "Living Image of the Aten", to the Kings name that we know today, Tutankhamen, "Living Image of Amun".
             King Tutankhamen was very young when got married to his half-sister Ankhesenpaaten, who later changed her name to Ankhesenamun, and was also the daughter of Akhenaten. Together they probably had two daughters, but never had children that survived because in his tomb were two coffins with a fetus in each, possibly that of his two daughters. Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun never had a son, thus the successor of King Tu
             ...