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Tutankhamun

The boy king who restored Egypt's traditional religion.

Between the ages of 8 and 9, Tutankhamun ascended to the position of pharaoh.[1] In 1922, Howard Carter and his patron George Herbert, the 5th Earl of Carnarvon, led the excavation team that found Tutankhamun's tomb.[2] More than 5,000 artifacts from the find sparked a global resurgence of fascination with ancient Egypt, and the discovery was extensively covered by news media worldwide.[2]

Quick Facts

Reign
c. 1332 – 1323 BC, New Kingdom
Dynasty
18th Dynasty
Predecessor
Uncertain:; Neferneferuaten (most likely), Akhenaten or Smenkhkare

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

His original name was Tutankhaten, meaning "living image of Aten"[3] Two daughters were fathered by Tutankhamun, both of whom perished either at birth or shortly thereafter.[4] During his third year as ruler, Tutankhamun overturned multiple policies that his father had instituted.[5] With Tutankhamun's passing, the Eighteenth Dynasty's royal lineage came to an end.[6]

Approximately nine years constituted the length of his rule.[7]

What the cited sources add

The same source notes that new evidence shows Tutankhamun may have led military campaigns against Syrians and Nubians.[8] The "Reimagining Tutankhamun as a Warrior" article describes a leather armor vest found in his tomb that had greatly deteriorated.[9] Osman's article states that Tutankhamun had a slim build, walked with a walking stick, and was around 167cm tall.[10] The same source notes that Tutankhamun's death mask was made from over 9kg of solid gold.[10]

According to Johnson's "Warrior Tut" article, the 9- to 10-year rule of Tutankhamun represented one of Egypt's most significant eras of restoration.[8] Johnson further states that it was Tutankhamun personally who initiated the large-scale reversal of Akhenaten's religious reforms.[8]

Life and practice

The supremacy of the god Amun was reinstated by Tutankhamun, who also discontinued the veneration of the god Aten.[5]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Tutankhamun" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hawass 2004 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Tutankhamun" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "وسط تأمين مشدد.. لقطات من نقل قناع توت عنخ آمون إلى المتحف المصري الكبير صور", القاهرة 24, 2025-11-03 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Tutankhamun" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Reeves 1990, p. 24; Williamson 2015, p. 1 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Tutankhamun" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hawass Saleem 2016; Hawass et al. 2010; Hawass Saleem 2011; Hawass et al. 2010 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Tutankhamun" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Johnson, "Warrior Tut", Archaeology Magazine Archive; Hornung 1999, p. 117; Dodson 2009; Dodson 2009; Dodson 2009; Darnell Manassa 2007; Dodson 2009 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Tutankhamun" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Morkot 2004 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Tutankhamun" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Van der Perre, "The Year 16 Graffito of Akhenaten in Dayr Abu Hinnis. A Contribution to the Study of the Later Years of Nefertiti", Journal of Egyptian History, 2014, p. 95; Nozomu Kawai, Neferneferuaten from the Tomb of Tutankhamun Revisited in "Wonderful Things Essays in Honor of Nicholas Reeves" (2023), p.121 Kawai writes on page; Dodson 2009; Ridley 2019, p. 13; "Classroom TUTorials: The Many Names of King Tutankhamun", Michael C. Carlos Museum; Baker Baker 2001 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Johnson, "Warrior Tut", Archaeology Magazine Archive. facts only, no text reused. archive.archaeology.org
  9. "Reimagining Tutankhamun as a Warrior", Smithsonian Magazine. facts only, no text reused. smithsonianmag.com
  10. Osman, "In pictures: Who was Tutankhamun? The boy king discovered a century ago", Middle East Eye, 2022-11-03. facts only, no text reused. middleeasteye.net

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Tutankhamun (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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