Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh who ruled from approximately 1341 BC to 1323 BC. He became pharaoh at age 9 and reversed the religious changes made by his predecessor Akhenaten, restoring the traditional polytheistic religion. Upon his death at age 19, Tutankhamun was one of few pharaohs worshipped as a god during his lifetime. His intact tomb and treasure were discovered in 1922 and contained many lavish artifacts, making it one of the most famous archaeological discoveries.
Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh who ruled from approximately 1341 BC to 1323 BC. He became pharaoh at age 9 and reversed the religious changes made by his predecessor Akhenaten, restoring the traditional polytheistic religion. Upon his death at age 19, Tutankhamun was one of few pharaohs worshipped as a god during his lifetime. His intact tomb and treasure were discovered in 1922 and contained many lavish artifacts, making it one of the most famous archaeological discoveries.
Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh who ruled from approximately 1341 BC to 1323 BC. He became pharaoh at age 9 and reversed the religious changes made by his predecessor Akhenaten, restoring the traditional polytheistic religion. Upon his death at age 19, Tutankhamun was one of few pharaohs worshipped as a god during his lifetime. His intact tomb and treasure were discovered in 1922 and contained many lavish artifacts, making it one of the most famous archaeological discoveries.
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),
otherwise called Tutankhaten,[1] was the antepenultimate pharaoh of the Eighteenth Administration of old Egypt. He climbed to the high position around the age of nine and ruled until his passing around the age of nineteen. The main activities of his rule were turning around the cultural changes authorized by his ancestor, Akhenaten, during the Amarna Time frame: Tutankhamun reestablished the conventional polytheistic type of old Egyptian religion, fixing the strict shift known as Atenism, and moved the illustrious court away from Akhenaten's capital, Amarna. Tutankhamun was one of few lords revered as a god during his lifetime; this was generally done post mortem for most pharaohs.[8] In mainstream society, he is known for his tremendously extravagant abundance found during the 1922 disclosure of his burial chamber, KV62, the main such burial chamber to date to have been found in close unblemished condition.[9] The revelation of his burial place is broadly viewed as one of the best archeological revelations of all time.[10][11]