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For other uses, see King Tut (disambiguation). Tutankhamun (/ËtuËtÉnkÉËËmuËn/; alternatively spelled with Tutenkh-, -amen, -amon) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty (ruled c. 1332â1323 BC in the conventional chronology), during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom or sometimes the New Empire Period.
title / office. Tutankhamun, also spelled Tutankhamen and Tutankhamon, original name Tutankhaten, byname King Tut (flourished 14th century bce), king of ancient Egypt (reigned 1333â23 bce), known chiefly for his intact tomb, KV 62 (tomb 62), discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 1922.