Tutankhamen

[ toot-ahng-kah-muhn ]

noun

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

Tutankhamen

/ -mən; ˌtuːtənkɑːˈmuːn; ˌtuːtənˈkɑːmɛn /

noun

1. Tutankhamen1361 bc1352 bcMEgyptianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler king (1361–1352 bc ) of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. His tomb near Luxor, discovered in 1922, contained many material objects

Tutankhamen

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.

Notes

Tutankhamen is popularly known as King Tut.

Example Sentences

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.

From Washington Post

"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

Belief in a “mummy’s curse” predates the Tutankhamen discovery by a century.

From Washington Post

“Details of the room emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues, and gold—everywhere the glint of gold,” Carter wrote in The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen.

From Scientific American