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| − | [[Image:Tut_mask.jpg|right|thumb | + | [[Image:Tut_mask.jpg|right|thumb|The funeral mask of Tutankhamun]]'''Tutankhamun''', or '''King Tut''', was a [[pharaoh]] of [[Egypt]]'s 18th dynasty who reigned from 1336-1327 [[B.C.]]. He was the son of either [[Akhenaten]], the "heretic pharaoh" who replaced Egypt's traditional [[polytheism]] with the monotheistic cult of [[Aten]], or of Smenkhkare, a brother of Akhenaten who briefly held the position of pharaoh in 1336. Tutankhamun restored polytheism and the cult of Amun. Tut named army commander [[Horemheb]] as his successor. However, Horemheb was away on campaign when Tut died unexpectedly. Ay, Tut's vizier, succeed him as pharaoh. In the 19th dynasty, Akhenaten, Smenkhkare, Tut, and Ay were all treated as illegitimate rulers. Their names are omitted from the Abydos king list an effort was made to remove all mention of them in records and on monuments. In 19th century, the history of this period was reconstructed by archeologists. |
| − | ' | + | Tut's tomb was discovered intact by [[Howard Carter]] in 1922, still filled with gold, virtually untouched by looters. In 2010, genetic testing established that mummy KV55, discovered in 1907, is Tut's father, and that mummy KV35Y ("the Younger Lady"), discovered in 1898, is his mother. |
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Tutankhamun, or King Tut, was a pharaoh of Egypt's 18th dynasty who reigned from 1336-1327 B.C.. He was the son of either Akhenaten, the "heretic pharaoh" who replaced Egypt's traditional polytheism with the monotheistic cult of Aten, or of Smenkhkare, a brother of Akhenaten who briefly held the position of pharaoh in 1336. Tutankhamun restored polytheism and the cult of Amun. Tut named army commander Horemheb as his successor. However, Horemheb was away on campaign when Tut died unexpectedly. Ay, Tut's vizier, succeed him as pharaoh. In the 19th dynasty, Akhenaten, Smenkhkare, Tut, and Ay were all treated as illegitimate rulers. Their names are omitted from the Abydos king list an effort was made to remove all mention of them in records and on monuments. In 19th century, the history of this period was reconstructed by archeologists.
Tut's tomb was discovered intact by Howard Carter in 1922, still filled with gold, virtually untouched by looters. In 2010, genetic testing established that mummy KV55, discovered in 1907, is Tut's father, and that mummy KV35Y ("the Younger Lady"), discovered in 1898, is his mother.