Tutankhamun
★Also known as: Tutankhamon, King Tut, Tutankhaten
The 'boy king' died young but became the world's most famous pharaoh after Howard Carter discovered his intact tomb in 1922.
Reign
1332 BC–1323 BC
1332 BC – 1323 BC
Dynasty
Eighteenth Dynasty
Period
New Kingdom
c. 1550 BC – 1070 BC
Alternate Names
TutankhamonKing TutTutankhaten
Royal Names in Hieroglyphs
Prenomen (Throne Name)
nb-ḫprw-rꜥ"Lord of the Forms of Ra"
Nomen (Birth Name)
twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn"Living Image of Amun"
Horus Name
kꜢ-nḫt-twt-mswt"The Strong Bull, Pleasing of Birth"
Nebty (Two Ladies) Name
nfr-hpw-sgrḥ-tꜢwꞽ"One of Perfect Laws, Who Pacifies the Two Lands"
Golden Horus Namewṯs-ḫꜤw-sḥtp-nṯrw"Elevated of Appearances, Who Satisfied the Gods"
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