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Tutankhamun[ a ] or Tutankhamen[ b ] (c.1341 BC – c. 1323 BC), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who ruled c.1332 – 1323 BC during the late Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt. Born Tutankhaten, he was likely a son of Akhenaten, thought to be the KV55 mummy.
Tutankhamun (sometimes called “King Tut”) was an ancient Egyptian king. He ruled from 1333 BCE until his death in 1323 BCE. His tomb is more significant than his short reign.
Nov 26, 2023 · The first might be Tut’s elder brother while the latter could be his mother or step-mother Nefertiti under a different name, or perhaps his eldest sister Meritaten. Whoever they were, they vanished as quickly as they appeared. By 1334 BCE, 9-year-old Tut had lost almost all of his family and now had Egypt resting upon his shoulders.
- Nathan Hewitt
- Son of a revolutionary. Tutankhaten (as he was called at birth) was born around the year 1341 B.C. His father was the pharaoh Akhenaten, a revolutionary pharaoh who tried to focus Egypt's polytheistic religion around the worship of the sun disc, the Aten.
- Ill-health and death. Archaeological evidence indicates that Tutankhamun suffered from ill health. A study of his remains published in 2010 found that he suffered from a variety of maladies, including malaria and Kohler disease (a rare bone disorder of the foot).
- Burial. Recent research suggests that returning Egypt to its traditional polytheistic beliefs was so important to Tutankhamun (and his advisers) that he had himself mummified in an unusual way to emphasize his strong association with Osiris, the god of the underworld.
- Carter's discovery. Howard Carter's team discovered the tomb's entranceway on November 4, 1922, and on November 26 they got inside. "As one's eyes became accustomed to the glimmer of light the interior of the chamber gradually loomed before one, with its strange and wonderful medley of extraordinary and beautiful objects heaped upon one another," Carter wrote in his dig diary.
Nov 9, 2009 · King Tutankhamun (Tutankhamen or simply King Tut) ruled Egypt as pharaoh for 10 years until his death at age 19, around 1324 B.C. Though his rule was notable for reversing the religious...
Apr 3, 2014 · Tutankhamun, colloquially known as King Tut, was the 12th pharaoh of the 18th Egyptian dynasty, in power from approximately 1332 to 1323 B.C.E. During his reign, Tutankhamun accomplished...
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Oct 18, 2019 · Commonly known today as “King Tut”, Tutankhamun was a young 8/9-year-old boy who inherited the throne from his father, the “heretic Pharaoh” Akhenaten (Akhenaton) in the year c. 1333 BCE. Tutankhamun would go on to have an unremarkable reign for 10 or so years.
