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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]

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