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1 most important fact about king Tutankhamen is that he was the most famous of all the pharaohs of ancient Egypt

The most important facts about King Tutankhaten / amon's life are:

1. He became Pharaoh at 9 years old.

2. He was the second Pharaoh after the "Heretic" Akhenaten / Amenophis IV.

3. He moved the capital of Egypt back to Thebes from Amarna.

4. He returned Egypt to a Polytheistic state after the Heritic Akhenaten declared all would worship the "One God", Aten: Monothiestic.

5. He reopened the temples Akhenaten closed.

6. He married Ankhesenpa'aten / Ankhesenamon, daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti.

7. DNA has indicated he was the son of Ankhenaten, if the mummy they tested IS the Heretic.

8. Tutankhamon is famous because his tomb was found with the majority of burial items intact and in situ; before that he was barely a footnote on the list of Pharaohs.

9. He proves that interbreeding among the Royals is not a good idea.

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