Tutankhamun

The most famous Egyptian Pharaohs

King Tutankhamun (or Tutankhamen) governed Egypt for ten years as pharaoh until his death at the age of 19 in the year 1327 B.C. Tutankhamun’s influence was largely neutralized by his successors, despite his administration being renowned for undoing his father’s chaotic religious changes. Until 1922, when British archaeologist Howard Carter chipped through a gateway and entered the young pharaoh’s tomb, which had been sealed for more than 3,200 years, he was little known to the modern world. The tomb’s immense wealth of artefacts and riches, which were meant to accompany the king into the afterlife, revealed a great deal about royal life in ancient Egypt and immediately made King Tut the most renowned pharaoh in the world. As a result of the public outcry over this development, Akhenaten was killed and toppled.

Tutankhamun is said to have been permitted to ascend to the throne because he was so young and so easier to govern. The ancient holy worship was reestablished under Tutankhamun, and the city of Akhenaten, which his father had erected, was abandoned.