Explore the short, dramatic life of Tutankhamun, the boy-pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty! Born as Tutankhaten during his father Akhenaten's revolutionary religious reign focused on the sun disc Aten, the young king ascended the throne at age ten and, guided by powerful advisors like Ay and Horemheb, reversed the religious upheaval by restoring the traditional worship of the god Amun and abandoning the capital Amarna. His promising reign ended tragically with his death around age nineteen, and his successors attempted to erase him from history—a plan that failed spectacularly when Howard Carter discovered his virtually intact tomb and legendary gold death mask in 1922, transforming a forgotten ruler into the world's most famous Egyptian pharaoh.
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