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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.
Almost wiped from history for 3,000 years, a lucky find brought the boy pharaoh, Tutankhamen (reigned c1336 - 1327 BC), into public view. But questions still persist about his short life and mysterious death. When Akenhaten died, he left his country in a bad state. His experiment at Amarna was over.