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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.
Tutankhamen (died c.1352 bc), Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, reigned c.1361âc.1352 bc. He abandoned the worship of the sun god instituted by Akhenaten, reinstating the worship of Amun and making Thebes the capital city once again.