Born tutankhaten, he instituted the restoration of the traditional polytheistic form of ancient egyptian religion, undoing a previous shift to the religion known as atenism Tutankhamun was a king of ancient egypt known chiefly for his intact tomb, which was discovered in the valley of the kings in 1922 Having died unexpectedly in his 19th year, he achieved little aside from abandoning akhetaton for memphis and foregoing the cult of aton in favor of restoring the old gods. Tutankhamun, or simply king tut, ruled egypt as pharaoh until his early death Howard carter found his tomb intact, s. Tutankhamun (also known as tutankhamen and `king tut', r
His golden sarcophagus is now a symbol almost synonymous with egypt His name means `living image of [the god] amun '. His tomb was discovered in 1922 by howard carter, containing many artifacts that revealed much about ancient egyptian culture King tut was an egyptian pharaoh famed for his opulent tomb, discovered intact in 1922, with his mask and mummy in his original sarcophagus. King tut, or tutankhamun, is one of the most famous rulers who ever lived thanks to the 1922 discovery of the pharaoh’s tomb in egypt’s valley of the kings The find stirred the imaginations.
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