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Tutankhamen

[ toot-ahng-kah-muhn ]

noun

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


Tutankhamen

/ ˌtuːtənˈkɑːmɛn; ˌtuːtənkɑːˈmuːn; -mən /

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.


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Notes

Tutankhamen is popularly known as King Tut.

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Example Sentences

In 2002, a researcher did just that for Tutankhamen’s curse.

Séances, Rothschild love children, the Curse of Tutankhamen.

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