Tutankhamun

14th century BCE (18th dynasty) Egyptian pharaoh

  • Fame70.0
  • Momentum0.0
  • Egypt rank#66
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  • Fame70.0
  • Momentum0.0
  • Egypt rank#66
  • Models rank#69
  • Wikipedia190.4K
Lived -1343–-1324, aged 19Egypt
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  • Rank in Egypt
    #66
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  • Era
    -1343–-1324
    Aged 19
Summary
Updated 2026-06-08

A pharaoh who died at 18 and ruled fewer than ten years, forgotten by his own successors — until 1922, when his nearly intact tomb turned him into the face of ancient Egypt. The gold mask did what the reign couldn't.

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Born Tutankhaten around 1342 BC, he became pharaoh at roughly nine years old and immediately began dismantling his predecessor's religious revolution, restoring the old gods and changing his own name to Tutankhamun to reflect it. He moved the court from Amarna back to Memphis, rebuilt the cult of Amun at Thebes, and recorded his restorations on what's now called the Restoration Stela — rare among Egyptian kings, he was worshipped as a deity in his own lifetime. He carried out campaigns in Nubia and the Near East and began a royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings, but died unexpectedly around 13…

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