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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.
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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.
Apr 3, 2014 · King Tut was born circa 1341 B.C.E. in ancient Egypt. He was given the name Tutankhaten, meaning "the living image of Aten." After taking power, the boy king changed his name to...
Apr 1, 2014 · He was born in the year 11 of the reign of Pharaoh Amenhotep IV (better known as Akhenaten, r. 1353-1336 BCE) c. 1345 BCE and died, some claim mysteriously, in c.1327 BCE at the age of 17 or 18. He became the celebrity pharaoh he is today in 1922 when the archaeologist Howard Carter discovered his almost-intact tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
- Joshua J. Mark
- Tutankhamun (reigned c. 1336-c. 1327 BCE) was a pharaoh of the New Kingdom of Egypt who tried to restore the old religion abandoned by his father A...
- Tutankhamun is famous for his intact tomb discovered in November 1922 by Howard Carter.
- Tutankhamun's body rests in the burial chamber of his tomb (KV62) in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt in a climate-controlled glass coffin.
- The Curse of Tutankhamun has no basis in fact. All those involved in opening the tomb lived long lives and none died mysteriously. Howard Carter kn...
- 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...
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Oct 18, 2022 · Born during ancient Egypt’s 18th Dynasty—which stretched from 1550 B.C. to 1295 B.C.—Tut began his life under a different name: Tutankhaten. In the years before Tut rose to the throne, Egypt ...
