Tutankhamen

American  

[toot-ahng-kah-muhn] / ˌtut ɑŋˈkɑ mən /

Also Tutankhamon,

noun

1. 14th century b.c., a king of Egypt of the 18th dynasty.

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Tutankhamen British  

/ -mən, ˌtuːtənkɑːˈmuːn, ˌtuːtənˈkɑːmɛn /

noun

1. king (1361–1352 _bc ) of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. His tomb near Luxor, discovered in 1922, contained many material objects

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Tutankhamen Cultural  

1. A pharaoh, or king of Egypt (see also Egypt), who lived about 1400 b.c. His reign was relatively unimportant, but the discovery of his unplundered tomb in the 1920s is numbered among the great archaeological discoveries of all time.

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Tutankhamen is popularly known as King Tut.

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The find included an enormous collection of artifacts, among them many exquisitely preserved Egyptian alabaster vessels that likely represented the finest available during Tutankhamen's reign, which last from 1,333 to 1,323 BCE.

From Science Daily

Back in 1922, Bruyere had bucked up a despondent Howard Carter when the Englishman was about to abandon his long search for the tomb of Tutankhamen.

From Washington Post

At various times, he claimed that in past lives he knew Jesus and murdered ancient Egypt’s King Tutankhamen, better known as King Tut.

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"The Viking ships are wonders similar to the pyramids in Egypt and Tutankhamen's grave," Gloerstad said - and they are are least as vulnerable.

From Reuters

No curse was ever found written in hieroglyphics at the tomb of Tutankhamen, the Egyptian king who died at 18 or 19, around 1323 B.C.

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