Tutankhamun

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Tutankhamun

Tutankhamen, Tutankhaten, Tutankhamon[1]possibly Nibhurrereya (as

referenced in the Amarna letters)

Tutankhamun's death mask

Pharaoh

Reign c. 13321323 BC, New Kingdom(18th Dynasty)

Predecessor Neferneferuaten

Successor Ay (granduncle/grandfather-in-law)
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Consort Ankhesenamun (half-sister and cousin)

Children Two stillborn daughters

Father Akhenaten[2]

Mother "The Younger Lady"

Born c. 1341 BC

Died c. 1323 BC (aged c. 18)

Burial KV62

Tutankhamun (/tutnkmun/;[3][a] alternatively spelled with Tutenkh-, -amen,[4] -amon) was

an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty(ruled c. 13321323 BC in the conventional
chronology), during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom or sometimes
the New Empire Period. He has, since the discovery of his intact tomb, been referred to
colloquially as King Tut. His original name, Tutankhaten, means "Living Image of Aten", while
Tutankhamun means "Living Image of Amun". In hieroglyphs, the name Tutankhamun was
typically written Amen-tut-ankh, because of a scribal custom that placed a divine name at the
beginning of a phrase to show appropriate reverence.[5] He is possibly also the Nibhurrereya of
the Amarna letters, and likely the 18th dynasty king Rathotis who, according to Manetho, an
ancient historian, had reigned for nine yearsa figure that conforms with Flavius Josephus's
version of Manetho's Epitome.[6]
The 1922 discovery by Howard Carter of Tutankhamun's nearly intact tomb, funded by Lord
Carnarvon,[7][8] received worldwide press coverage. It sparked a renewed public interest
in ancient Egypt, for which Tutankhamun's mask, now in the Egyptian Museum, remains the
popular symbol. Exhibits of artifacts from his tomb have toured the world. In February 2010, the
results of DNA tests confirmed that he was the son of the mummy found in the tomb KV55,
believed by some to be Akhenaten. His mother was his father's sister and wife, whose name is
unknown but whose remains are positively identified as "The Younger Lady" mummy found
in KV35.[9] The "mysterious" deaths of a few of those who excavated Tutankhamun's tomb has
been popularly attributed to the curse of the pharaohs.[10]

Contents
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1Life
o 1.1Reign
o 1.2Health and appearance
o 1.3Genealogy
o 1.4Death
 o 1.5Aftermath
2Significance
3Tomb
o 3.1Reuse of Neferneferuaten's funerary objects for Tutankhamun's burial
o 3.2Tutankhamun's curse
4Legacy
5Names
6Ancestry
7See also
8Notelist
9References
10Further reading
11External links