King Tut Ankh Amon

The Young Pharaoh Tut

The most famous Egyptian pharaoh today is, without doubt, Tutankhamun. However, before the spectacular discovery of his almost intact tomb in the Valley of the Kings in November 1922, Tutankhamun was only a little known figure of the late 18th Dynasty.
The name "Tutankhamun" is derived from the hieroglyphs which translate as Tut-ankh-amun meaning the "Living Image of Amun." Today, many people refer to him as Tut.
When Tut was born, he was given the name Tutankhaton meaning the "Living Image of the Aton”, Aton was the single god worshipped during the rule Akhenaton, the heretic king who is believed to have been the father of Tutankhamun.
Not long after Tutankhaton became Pharaoh, there was a restoration of the previously-deposed state god Amun and Tut's name was changed to Tutankhamun.

Tutankhamun lived over 3,300 years ago during the period known as the New Kingdom. For two centuries, Egypt had ruled as a world superpower, while its Royal family lived the luxurious lifestyle. The powerful priesthood of the god Amun had controlled vast temples and estates.

At such a young age, Tutankhamen would not have been responsible for the real decision making. This would have been handled by two high officials called Ay (possibly the father of Nefertiti) and Horemheb, commander-in-chief of the army.
Sometime around the ninth year of Tutankhamen’s reign, possibly 1325 BC, he died and Ay is depicted in tomb paintings as overseeing Tutankhamen’s burial arrangements which lasted 70 days.

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