The preeminent action of his reign is the countermanding of the religiopolitical changes enacted by his predecessor, Akhenaten, during the Amarna Period: he restored the traditional polytheistic form of ancient Egyptian religion, undoing the religious shift known as Atenism, and moved the royal court away from Akhenaten's capital, Amarna. Tutankhamun ascended to the throne around the age of nine and reigned until his death around the age of nineteen. His death marked the cessation of the dynasty's royal line. 1323 BC), also known as Tutankhaten, was the antepenultimate pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt.

Tutankhamun ( / ˌ t uː t ən k ɑː ˈ m uː n/ TOO-tən-kah- MOON), Tutankhamon or Tutankhamen ( / ˌ t uː t ən ˈ k ɑː m ə n, - m ɛ n/ TOO-tən- KAH-mən, -⁠men c. KV55 mummy, identified as most likely Akhenaten The living image of Amun, Ruler of Southern Heliopolis. The possessor of the manifestation of Re. Įlevated of appearances, who has satisfied the gods. Perfect of laws, who has quieted down the Two Lands. Victorious bull, the (very) image of (re)birth.

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