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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.
Some dead are mummified as a political statement, others by complete accident. While Tutankhamun may be the most famous mummy in the world, he certainly is not the best preserved. There are other examples of mummification, either natural or otherwise, that leave King Tut for dead, no pun intended. I've collected some of the world's best preserved mummies. Each has a story to tell and the infamy behind some of these corpses is nothing short of mind blowing.