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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.
It was the intact tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty: Tutankhamun. The âboy-kingâ has since become one of the most famous figures from the ancient world and his face â more particularly his golden death mask â provides us with one of the most iconic images from anywhere, and at any time.