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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.
Tutankhamun (King Tut) was Pharoah of Egypt from 1341 BC to 1323 BC. He became Pharoah at the age of 9 in 1332 BC. His accomplishments included 1  : As Pharoah, he restored the primacy of the god Amun, whose worship his father Akhenaten had forbidden in favor of worshipping Aten.