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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.
There is no curse of King Tut. 1  King Tutâs untimely death was probably accidental. 2  Tutankhamen reversed the radicalism of his father, reinstating traditional religious beliefs. 3  Tutankhamen was likely the product of incest. 4  King Tut wasnât buried alone. 5  Three millennia after his death, the once-obscure Tutankhamen became all the rage.