Amenhotep was between 2 and 12 years old when he took the throne, marrying Tiye (probably about his 16th year) and starting to have children, both with Tiye and his other wives and concubines, which included two of his own daughters later in his life.
I believe the co-regency lasted until the twelth year of his son's reign, who had moved with his family to Aketaten and that Tut was one of Amenhotep's III off-spring from a lesser wife or concubine. Tut seems to have grown up in the North Palace.
It is a well-known fact that men are able to produce children into their 70's, so the ability to have a child was more than possible.
Amenhotep's image, from a stele found at Akhetaten, shows an old, quite heavy, man. We know from his mummy he had severly abcessed teeth. In fact, I believe it was the poison from his teeth that finally killed him, I'm not sure of the cause of his death.
Later in his life, he seemed quite content to leave the ruling of the kingdom to Tiye and her son, A. She seems to have been a very controlling woman. She lived for several more years after her husband, and seems to have had an active role in politics.
The Armarna Age is, indeed, a battleground for mystery! No wonder it's been called the Amarna Tar Pits! About any theory one chooses can be applied to history of that time. Up to this point, very little is actually known, but with the high concentration of excavation in that area and others, we are gaining more knowledge every day.

I also tip my hat off to you!
And a tip of the hat to you, too!

Seriously, though--don't feel you are in any way insulting or hurtful to anyone here. Everyone enjoys a good debate, and yours are extremely interesting and informative. A good debate is based on several things. First--a subject of great interest. Second--a person completely in favor of one point of view. Third--a person who sees the subject differently. These things add up to a most enjoyable airing of opinion.
I agree completely--morework has to be done in the Amarna field--not only in excavation work, but, hopefully, we will find an entact tomb there or in the Valley of the Kings that contains some sort of information that will shed illuminating light on the subject. The track record, up to this time, has answered a lot of questions for us, but there are a lot that need to be answered.
Who knows, maybe someday somewhere something--a tomb, an inscription, a papyrus--will be discovered that "Tells All"!

I have waited for a long time to se some answer to my questions.
I have waited for the usual suspect to give me some feedback
on the questions I raised. But so far there has been none of them.

So I thought I might tell you a story abut a Man and his family.
The man was a strong believer of Egypt. Egypt was ruled by the
Hyksos and has been for a longtime. But the man has not forgot his
love for Egypt. He believed that with is friends he could change the balance
and bring Egypt back to its glory. But the people around him has gain great wealth by supporting the Hyksos Pharaoh and they where happy
as long as they hade their wealth.

When the man one day raised and went out on his quest to free Egypt and bring Egypt back to its glories past those man betrayed him for the
cause of money and he was killed. But his two sons assembled the people
and finally chased the Hyksos out of Egypt. They founded the greatest
of all Dynasties and the New Kingdom. They where the true heroes of Egypt. But they hade to pay a high price for this.

When we today sits here and call us with fine nicknames on this board and others.
We should think abut the small people who raised against the power
of the wealth, who gave their lives for their beloved Egypt.
Because that's what its all abut today. Big powerful countries who
holds Egyptian key relics in their countries when they should be in
Egypt. By supporting this you all see Seqenenra, Khamose, Ahmose and the
whole house of Tao at the same way as Hyksos once did.

If the little man from south hade not raised against the power of the north
there would not be any Nicknames to use for you, No Arman period to
talk abut no King Tut to wonder how he died. Its those key moment in
history that have so big impacts on the future. But this event was for
the course to assembled Egypt's glory. And once again Egypt is divided
its treasure is scattered around the world. And can you call your self a true
lover of Egypt and at the same time argue against the work to assembled
its treasure, and to bring them back home to where they belong.
This is the whole issue of ancient Egypt and the religion, the great Pharaohs. They build their Tombs so all things should stay
and now they are all over the world.

So I am sorry but I am back just hade to give you some time to answer

I made the Avatar my self
Yes its Nefertiti but its a hasty work though I forgot to change
the texture to Egyptian skin and make up

Sometimes its easy to forget those key moment in time that change
the whole history! I agree with most people that dont generally like
Dr. Hawass but he is right when he try to assemble the ancient Egyptian
treasures and bringing them home to Egypt. This was the will of the Pharaohs
And all of us who are calling us Lovers of this civilization should join
this quest to respecting the old Pharaohs wishes.

That is why I am so dedicated to this quest and it makes me so sad when
fine people like the one at this board pays so little respect for those great
ancient Kings and Queens
But I take the silence as a sign that maybe a few have taken my point
and begins to understand that this is so much bigger then the person
Dr. Hawass is. This is a quest for the legacy of the great Pharaohs and the great empire of ancient Egypt.

Some museums do return relics
read abut it here

Pay respects to the wishes of the Pharaohs? Dont be so damned hypocritical! Perhaps you'd also like all of the ancient relics reburied in the tombs without conservation, the mummies put back into the environments that will ultimately destroy them and all of Egypts tourist sites closed to visitors. That would be the true will of the Pharaohs, so think before you presume that you are doing what the Kings of Egypt would have wanted. To see their legacy now would chill those Kings and you are just as guilty of breaking their hopes as I am.

Tut had green eyes and thats final! (jokes, they were brown and THAT'S final!) LOL

Well, in short you are wrong because my conclusive proof shows that Tutankhamun had one orange eye and one pink eye, so there! haha, proved you all wrong!

I was reading through this thread and was surprised about how vitriolic some folks were getting over certain issues, particularly the Rosetta Stone and Zahi Hawass. The argument over the Rosetta Stone is really quite moot--the British Museum will never return it, right or wrong--but I'd like to add a couple of thoughts about Hawass.

In my position as a docent at the Field Museum I've met numerous people who have had personal dealings with Hawass and know him professionally. An Egyptologist related to me that Hawass's brash character and occasional arrogant and overbearing demeanor have made him unpopular among his colleagues, including those in his own country. He is not the quite the cheery, affable fellow we see all the time on the Discovery Channel.

I've never met Hawass so I shall reserve judgement. However, with the Tut exhibit coming to our institution next year (May 2006), I will more than likely have the opportunity to meet him. And you know what? I really hope I do get to meet him.

Say what you will about Zahi Hawass, he is a terrific spokeman for his country and has done much good for the antiquities and heritage of modern Egypt.

There, enough said by me for now.

Now, as for you two, Si-amun and tutness, you're both wrong about the color of Tut's eyes. My personal psychic told me he was an albino, so his eyes were white! So there!