TUTANKHAMUN
Tutankhamun (/ˌtuːtənkɑːˈmuːn/ TOO-tən-kah-MOON),[7]
Tutankhamon or Tutankhamen[a] (/ˌtuːtənˈkɑːmən, -mɛn/ TOO-tən-KAH-mən, -men;[7]
c. 1341 BC – c. 1323 BC), also known as Tutankhaten,[1]
was the antepenultimate pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt.
His death marked the end of the dynasty's royal line.[8]
Tutankhamun ascended to the throne around the age of nine and reigned until his death around the age of nineteen.
The preeminent action of his reign is the countermanding of the religiopolitical changes enacted by his predecessor, Akhenaten, during the Amarna Period: he restored the traditional polytheistic form of ancient Egyptian religion, undoing the religious shift known as Atenism, and moved the royal court away from Akhenaten's capital, Amarna.
Also, Tutankhamun was one of few kings worshipped as a deity during his lifetime; this was usually done posthumously for most pharaohs.[9]
In popular culture today, Tutankhamun is known for his vastly opulent wealth found during the 1922 discovery of his tomb, KV62, the only such tomb to date to have been found in near-intact condition.[10]
The discovery of his tomb is widely considered one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time.[11][12]
Since then he has been referred to colloquially as "King Tut".[13]