Crowned as a boy, tutakhamun didn't rule long
and accomplished little in those nineteen years
a tragic fall, and the mourner's wailing song
a dynasty soon fell, along with the tears.
His early grave was a borrowed tomb
his grandfather married his widowed wife
No children came from her young womb
thus ended the story of a young king's life
ages then passed, empires rose and were lost
languages were forgotten like the old, lost tomb
the sands of time like ocean waves were tossed
but the King would remain in his burial room
the Little Corsican found an old basalt rock
from this stone, the ancient language learned
long dead voices again began to talk
in a century, the young king's fame would be earned
Howard Carter would read of Tutankhamun's name
ten years he would search the desert for the tomb
until one day, that would bring him lifelong fame
he saw "wonderful things" inside a tiny room
Tuankhamun, long-dead, forgotten child-king
buried with riches like the world had never seen
would a wealth of knowledge to an eager world bring
and become the best-known Pharaoh that ever had been!
Author notes
the Little Corsican is a reference to Napoleon, who's army found the Rosetta Stone, the key by which heiroglyphics were decyphered.
When Carter first opened the tomb, he took a torch and peeked inside. when asked "do you see anything?" He replied "Yes, wonderful things!"
Egyptologists learned more about Ancient Egypt from the discovery of one intact royal tomb than from centuries of study before then. "King Tut" may have been only a minor pharaoh during his short life, but he has definately become much greater since.
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Comments
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One of my...
...favourite subjects, and written in rhyme well, apart from the half-rhyme of "rock" and "talk".
A good effort.
Have the clap.
Robin.
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Thank you so much for posting in my contest. I enjoyed reading this and I wish you the best of luck at judging, Cathy
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You know I loved this piece. There is much more that the world does NOT know about King Tut and his family and never will. You did a great job on this piece.
Hugs,
Vampy
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