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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.
Most people know about the idea of a mummy's curse today through horror films and stories. However, perhaps the most famous legend is based on the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamun. In November of 1922, Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun, in the Valley of the Kings, on the West Bank at Luxor.