HistoryMarchesOn: It was long thought that Ay killed Tut, but evidence shows that he probably died from a broken leg that got infected, and he also had malaria. Despite this, many works say he was murdered because it makes for a better story.

IHaveManyNames: As all pharaohs did, had five different pharaonic names.

{{Mummy}}: Tut is most famous for his tomb: while all the others were robbed in antiquity, his was robbed in the 20th century by Howard Carter.

RetCon: When Seti I drew up his Abydos kinglist, Tut (along with his father Akhenaten and his successor, Ay) was missing. Instead, Horemheb's reign began after the death of Amenhotep III (the predecessor of Akhenaten, and Tut's possible grandfather).

RoyalDecree: The Restoration Stela.

SuddenNameChange: Changed his name to Tutankhamun from Tutankhaten when he changed Egypt's religion. (We know because artefacts in his tomb sometimes have both names.)

TangledFamilyTree: Married his half-sister, was probably the product of BrotherSisterIncest.

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* AChildShallLeadThem: He was nine when he came to the throne.
* AncientEgypt: Obviously.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Akhensenamun, his wife, was also his half-sister.
* EvilChancellor: Ay, his vizier. It was originally thought that Ay murdered him, but subsequent examinations of his body makes this unlikely.
* HistoricalBeautyUpgrade: Tutankhamun had an overbite, a slight cleft palate, and a club foot, and was probably not what we'd call handsome.
* HistoryMarchesOn: It was long thought that Ay killed Tut, but evidence shows that he probably died from a broken leg that got infected, and he also had malaria. Despite this, many works say he was murdered because it makes for a better story.
* IHaveManyNames: As all pharaohs did, had five different pharaonic names.
* {{Mummy}}: Tut is most famous for his tomb: while all the others were robbed in antiquity, his was robbed in the 20th century by Howard Carter.
* RetCon: When Seti I drew up his Abydos kinglist, Tut (along with his father Akhenaten and his successor, Ay) was missing. Instead, Horemheb's reign began after the death of Amenhotep III (the predecessor of Akhenaten, and Tut's possible grandfather).
* RoyalDecree: The Restoration Stela.
* SuddenNameChange: Changed his name to Tutankhamun from Tutankhaten when he changed Egypt's religion. (We know because artefacts in his tomb sometimes have both names.)
* TangledFamilyTree: Married his half-sister, was probably the product of BrotherSisterIncest.

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