Question

Why did the boy king changed his name from tutakhaten to tutakhamun?

Answer 1

The boy-king changed his name after he Pharoh of Egypt.

Explanation:

• Tutankhamun is called as King Tut in short.
• After he was born in Egypt, he was name Tutankhaten, "the living image of Aten."
• As he became the Pharoah of Egypt, he changed his name to Tutankhamun, "the living image of Amun."
• He changed his name as he becomes the worshiper of Amun god.
• Amun God represented the sun and air, and he was one of the most powerful gods at the period of the New Kingdom.

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Answer 2

Tutankhamen means „Living image of Amun‟.

He was a major god in ancient Egypt.

King Amennotep smashed the images of Amun and closed his temples.

Tut oversaw a restoration of the old ways.

He also changed his name to express his belief on Amun.