History Series / Tut

* Creator/KylieBunbury as Suhad is in two racy sex scenes as the title character's lover, nearly though not quite displaying nudity.

In 1332 B.C.E Pharaoh UsefulNotes/{{Akhenaten}} (Silas Carson) has been poisoned by his most trusted servant. His nine-year-old son, Tutankhamun (played briefly by Kaizer Akhtar) is then thrust into the position of Pharaoh of Egypt and forced to marry his older sister Ankhesenamun (Sibylla Deen). But over the course of the following years, the Vizier Ay (Creator/BenKingsley) takes control of the important decisions that Tut is expected to make and ten years into his reign, a now teenage Tut (Creator/AvanJogia) finds the country in economic turmoil and crops ruined by drought. Tutankhamun must use his power as Pharaoh to deal with a deadly plague spreading through his kingdom all while his enemies continue their plot to conquer Egypt, even if it means they'll have to eliminate him.

* EasilyForgiven: Averted for Ankhesenamun. Tutankhamun is understandably furious when he realizes that Suhad was murdered by his sister and orders for her execution.
** Later on after he's mellowed a bit and has begun to die from the infection in his broken leg, he asks to see Ankhe and she says to him that she knows better than to hope for his forgiveness, but it's revealed that Tut has called off her execution and forgives her on the grounds that she's still his sister and asks her to stay with him until he dies (see StayWithMeUntilIDie).

* TheGoodKing: Deconstructed. Tutankhamun sincerely wants to be one, if only to make up for the mistakes his father made, but the ambitions of those around him, and his own humanity make it progressively more difficult.

* 8 Creator/KylieBunbury as Suhad is in two racy sex scenes as the title character's lover, nearly though not quite displaying nudity.

** Lagus realizing that the peasant he conscripted into aiding him with an undercover mission and unintentionally badmouthed the Pharaoh in front of, is King Tutankhamun himself. Luckily Tut found what Lagus had said humorous and actually decides to befriend the older man.
*** The full context behind this is that Tut snuck out of the palace disguised as a peasant twice, both times running into Lagus. The first time is because Tut fell for a trap (A man pretended to attack a woman) and was almost robbed at knifepoint. The second time (and the time he first meets Suhad) is at a trading center where a slightly suspicious Lagus forces Tut to aid him and a few other soldiers in an undercover mission to kill Mitanni spies. Afterwards a frustrated Lagus blames the Pharaoh for the Mitanni' acts, before taking it back upon realizing he said this in the presence of a stranger, to which Tut replies that they are no longer strangers and asks questions regarding the Pharaoh. Unaware that the young man he is with is Tutankhamun, Lagus reveals that the populace is convinced that the Pharaoh is a weak, sickly boy King "whose face is so scarred, it makes children weep' and whom some believe doesn't even exist. Lagus then reveals that several people, including General Horemheb, are working against him (Tut).

* ShownTheirWork: Since time immemorial Egypt has been a melting pot and people of all hair and skin colors calling it home. This is not reflected so much in hair color but Tutankhamun is played by an actor of British-Indian and British-German descent, Ay is played by an actor of Gujarati and British descent, Horemheb is played by a British-Nigerian actor, Ankhesenamun is played by an actress of Pakistani and English descent and Akhenaten is played by an actor of English and Indian descent, reflecting the kind of place Egypt has always been.

* BrotherSisterIncest: Tut's wife is also his siter.

* MsFanservice: Creator/KylieBunbury as Suhad is in two racy sex scenes as the title character's lover, nearly though not quite displaying nudity.

* ShownTheirWork: Since time immemorial Egypt has been a melting pot and people of all hair and skin colors calling it home. This is not reflected so much in hair color but Tutankhamun is played by an actor of British-Indian and British-German descent, Ay is played by an actor of Gujarati and British descent, Horemheb is played by a British-Nigerian actor, Ankhesenamun is played by an actress of Pakistani and English descent and Akhenaten is played by an actor of English and Indian descent reflecting the kind of place Egypt has always been.

Still Under Construction.

* IncestIsRelative: Tut's wife is also his sister.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: For the sake of drama, the series takes many liberties with its source material.
** Many of the characters are depicted as having full heads of hair, while it was custom in Egypt for both men and woman to shave their heads. Generally they wore wigs instead of growing their hair out.
*** While it isn't a stretch to believe that some of the Egyptians grew their hair out, since numerous mummies (some of them royal) have been found with their hair grown out, Tut, however, was not one of them, as his mummy is bald.
** Anyone who's used to imagining Pharoah Tutankhamun as a sickly, disabled "Boy King" would believe that this series depiction of Tutankhamun as a warrior means that this trope was being heavily used; while there's no real evidence that Tutankhamun ever lead any significant campaigns against the Mittani, there is, however, plenty of evidence that is still being uncovered ''to this day'' that suggests that Tutankhamun was indeed a warrior king who fought battles.
** Ironically enough, it was Horemheb who would be credited with restoring Egyptian power in the region.
** Though the series acknowledge the role of Akhenaten and how his death influenced events in Tutankhamun's life, it gets a number of details about him wrong.
*** Akhenaten is depicted as having his capital in Thebes, when he actually had the capital moved to his newly built city at Armana. A more minor example in how he also refers to his daughter as "Ankhesenamun" when he was believed to have named her something along the lines of Ankhesenpaaten, due to his veneration of Aten (she likely changed her name after her father's death as Tutankhamun did).
*** The series portrays Akhenaten as being poisoned, and though no one is entirely sure how he died, the most accepted position was natural causes. Though considering his actions, and how unpopular he likely was, the idea of him being poisoned is certainly not implausible.
** Tutankhamun's seven vertebrae were actually fused together meaning he couldn't turn his head. Despite this, he is shown turning his head many times rather than just turning his entire torso in order to look at someone or something.
** Tutankhamun also can seemingly walk completely unaided and with no obvious limp or strange gait. An x-ray has shown that he likely had a club foot which would have impaired his mobility. It is even thought he couldn’t walk without the use of a cane as over 100 walking sticks were among his burial goods with some showing obvious signs of use. However as a child Tut is shown to walk with a slight limp as a possible allusion to this fact.
** The Mittani are portrayed as the enemies of the Egyptian Empire, though by the time Tut took the throne, they had since been conquered by the Hittites, who became Egypt's new primary rival for regional dominance.

* GiveTheBabyAFather: It's not known if Ay did this trope in full, but Nupt is not his biological son but Ay raised him as if he was even after his wife passed away.