Tutenkamen biography
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Tutankhamun
Pharaoh of ancient Egypt (18th Dynasty)
"King Tut" redirects here. For other uses, see King Tut (disambiguation).
Tutankhamun[a] or Tutankhamen[b], (Ancient Egyptian: twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn; 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. His mother was identified through DNA testing as The Younger Lady buried in KV35; she was a full sister of her husband.
Tutankhamun acceded to the throne around the age of nine following the short reigns of his predecessors Smenkhkare and Neferneferuaten. He married his presumed half-sister Ankhesenpaaten, who was probably the mother of his two infant daughters. During his reign he restored the traditional polytheistic form of ancient Egyptian religion, undoing a previous shift to the religion known as Atenism. His endow
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King Tut
(1341-1323)
Who Was King Tut?
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 little. However, his powerful advisers restored the traditional Egyptian religion, which had been set aside by his father, Akhenaten, who led the "Amarna Revolution."
After his death at age 19, King Tut disappeared from history until the discovery of his tomb in 1922. Since then, studies of his tomb and remains have revealed much information about his life and times, making Tutankhamun one of the best known ancient Egyptian kings.
King Tut's Full Name
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 Tutankhamun, which means "the living image of Amun."
King Tut's Father
King Tut was the so
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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Walt robert, principal lecturer in UNT's Department of History, poses with books on Ancient Egypt
DENTON (UNT), Texas — It’s been 100 years since the sarcophagus of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, or King Tut, was unearthed nära Luxor, Egypt. But Walt Roberts, a principal lecturer in the University of North TexasDepartment of History, sees ongoing potential for discovering more about the ruler’s short, mysterious life.
“The sarcophagus was the beginning of what we now call ‘Tutmania,’” said robert, who teaches a course on Ancient Egypt. “Before this time, nobody had even dreamed that Egypt had such a wealthy and noteworthy history — particularly concerning the begravning practices of their pharaohs.”
In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his grupp discovered King Tut’s tomb, but bureaucratic hurdles delayed the opening of the sarcophagus until Jan. 3, 1924. The contents inre transformed the world’s observation of Ancient Egyptian culture and begravning