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Pharaoh Tuthankhamun`s
colloquial name is King Tut. His original name, Tutankhaten, means "Living
Image of Aten", while Tutankhamun means "Living Image of Amun". In
hieroglyphs, the name Tutankhamun was typically written
Amen-tut-ankh, because of a scribal custom that placed a divine name
at the beginning of a phrase to show appropriate reverence. He is
possibly also the Nibhurrereya of the Amarna letters, and likely the
18th dynasty king Rathotis who, according to Manetho, an ancient
historian, had reigned for nine years—a figure that conforms with
Flavius Josephus's version of Manetho's Epitome. |
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