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Tutankhamun (Egypt)

−1332 · until −1323

Hebrew year: 2429 (ב׳תכ״ט)

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The gold funerary mask of Tutankhamun, found in his tomb in 1922 (Egyptian Museum, Cairo).
The gold funerary mask of Tutankhamun, found in his tomb in 1922 (Egyptian Museum, Cairo). · Photo by Roland Unger, public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Tutankhamun came to the throne as a child after the collapse of his father Akhenaten's religious revolution and reigned for roughly a decade under the guidance of his officials. He abandoned Akhetaten, restored the worship of Amun, and changed his name from Tutankhaten to signal the reversal. Historically he was a minor king; his fame comes entirely from the discovery of his nearly intact tomb by Howard Carter in 1922. For a timeline of Israel his importance is as the closing of the Amarna episode and the return of Egypt to conventional religion and to active involvement in Canaan.

Hebrew year
2429 (ב׳תכ״ט)
Place
Thebes (Luxor)
Category
Foreign rulers & empires
Part of
Conquest & Judges

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