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- ↑ "Classroom TUTorials: The Many Names of King Tutankhamun" (PDF). Michael C. Carlos Museum . Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ↑ Suzie Manley. "Ankhesenamun - Queen of Tutankhamun and Daughter of Akhenaten". Egypt * Pyramids * History. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011.
- ↑ Museum Tours - Amarna
- ↑ Eric H. Cline, 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed , p. 70
