Tutankhamun (Nebkheperure)
1336 BCE–1327 BCE · New-Kingdom · Amarna (Akhetaten)
Tutankhamun (throne-name Nebkheperure) was a boy-king of Dynasty 18, reigning around 1336-1327 BCE (Shaw's conventional dates), probably a son of Akhenaten. Guided by his senior officials, he abandoned the Amarna religious experiment, restored the worship of Amun and the traditional gods, and changed his name from the earlier Tutankhaten to mark that return. In purely historical terms his was a brief and minor reign. He owes his worldwide fame to the discovery of his nearly intact tomb (KV62) in the Valley of the Kings by Howard Carter in 1922, whose dazzling contents survived almost untouched, a unique window onto royal burial. Because of his Amarna ties, he too was omitted from the later official king-lists, and is restored here against that erasure.
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A tomb sealed for over 3,200 years
Tutankhamun was entombed in the Valley of the Kings around 1323 BCE, and his burial lay essentially sealed and forgotten until Howard Carter's team opened it in 1922 CE — a span of more than 3,200 years. Hidden under debris and never extensively robbed, it survived as the only near-intact royal burial known from ancient Egypt.
How we know
Tutankhamun d. c. 1323 BCE (conventional chronology); tomb opened by Howard Carter beginning 4 Nov 1922 CE. Interval: 1323 + 1922 − 1 = 3244 years ≈ "over 3,200 years."
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Amarna (Akhetaten)
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The Aten capital where he spent his early childhood as Tutankhaten.
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