Tutankhamun

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 * King Tut **

==== King Tut was born in 1341 BCE. He was originally called Tutankhaten, he was given various names such as King Tut, The boy king of Egypt, The boy king, The boy pharaoh and Boy Pharaoh Tutankhamun. King Tut was believed to be born in the capital of Egypt Akhetaten. ====

==== King Tut became Pharaoh at the age of nine and the first thing he did was to take over the Shrines of Amen. On the fourth of November 1922 the English Egyptologist Howard Carter discovered the steps leading to Tutankhamun's tomb. King tut died at only 18/19. The famous gold mask that rested directly on top of the Pharaoh’s mummy, weighs ten kilos. ====