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Tutankhamun

Boy pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty who restored the worship of Amun; his almost intact tomb was found in the Valley of the Kings in 1922.

Livedc. 1341 BC – 1323 BC
Known asPharaoh of Egypt
Birthplace or main placeThebes
Places on the mapThebes
Map of the world around Tutankhamun in 500 BCThebes
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Tutankhamun lived before the earliest border map (500 BC); the map above shows the oldest snapshot available.

Events in his lifetime

YearEventWhere
1323 BCTutankhamun is buried in the Valley of the Kings (about this date)Thebes

Further reading

Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.