Tutankhamun
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Tutankhamun or Tutankhamen, was the third to last pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, who ruled c. 1332 – 1323 BC, dying at about the age of 18. Born Tutankhaten, his administration re
Tutankhamun's golden funerary mask at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt
Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun with two anonymous children (below), who are either their offspring or the representation of the King and the Queen themselves.
The throne of Tutankhamun, the Aten depicted above
A statue of the god Amun, with the features of Tutankhamun.
Ankhesenamun
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Ankhesenamun was an ancient Egyptian queen who lived during the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. Born Ankhesenpaaten, she was the third of six known daughters of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten and his Great Roy
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…Akhenaten's nephew as child of Smenkhkare by his sister-consort, who never became the Great Royal Wife herself. When Tutankhaten became king, he married Ankhesenpaaten, one of Akhenaten's daughters, who later changed her name to Ankhesenamun. He fathered two daughters who died at or soon after birth and were buried…
Ring Bezel, with the name of Princess Ankhesenpaaten
Partially restored alabaster jar with two handles, bearing the cartouches of Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun, 18th Dynasty, from Gurob, Fayum, Egypt, the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London
Statue of Amunet, with features of Ankhesenamun.