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Tutankhamun

Proper noun

Meaning

Tutankhamun

Ancient Egyptian pharaoh known for his young age and his tomb, which was preserved intact to the modern age.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

An ivory painter's palette found inside the tomb of King Tutankhamun had small compartments with pigments of red ochre and five other colors. Source: Internet

A triangular coin with a face value of £5 (produced to commemorate the 2007/2008 Tutankhamun exhibition at The O2 Arena ) was commissioned by the Isle of Man : it became legal tender on 6 December 2007. Source: Internet

Aude Gros de Beler, Tutankhamun, foreword Aly Maher Sayed, Molière, ISBN 2-84790-210-4 Secondly, his tomb in the Valley of the Kings was discovered by Carter almost completely intact—the most complete ancient Egyptian royal tomb ever found. Source: Internet

As Jon Manchip White writes, in his foreword to the 1977 edition of Carter's The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun, "The pharaoh who in life was one of the least esteemed of Egypt's Pharoahs has become in death the most renowned." Source: Internet

Another well-known archaeological example of the almond is the fruit found in Tutankhamun 's tomb in Egypt (c. 1325 BC), probably imported from the Levant. Source: Internet

As Tutankhamun began his reign at such an early age, his vizier and eventual successor, Ay, was probably making most of the important political decisions during Tutankhamun's reign. Source: Internet

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