When Tut and his wife were both about 11, Ay moved the court back to the administrative capital of Memphis, 15 miles south of today’s Cairo, and likely advised the boy-king to reinstate polytheism.

The hieroglyphs inside King Tut's burial chamber reveal that the new Pharaoh Ay performed the Opening of the Mouth ceremony while being called Tutankhamun's "father," despite their unclear biological ...