Why is Tutankhamun so famous out of all Egyptian pharaohs?

Because Horemheb, who was a father figure to the young Tut, saw to it that, after he ascended to the Egyptian throne, when all the other tombs of the family of Akhenaten were being ransacked, that Tut's was largely spared. This enabled Howard Cart... read more

Tutankhamun (“King Tut”) is s famous because he is the only Pharaoh whose tomb was discovered intact by an archaeologist. That means we know more about him than we know about other rulers of ancient Egypt. read more

Tutankhamun – The most well known Egyptian pharaoh today is, without uncertainty, Tutankhamun. Notwithstanding, before the marvelous revelation of his practically in place tomb in the Valley of the Kings in November 1922, Tutankhamun was just a little known figure of the late eighteenth Dynasty. read more