In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter stumbled upon one of the most pristine tombs of an Egyptian

Pharaoh ever found, the tomb of King Tutin Common.

That discovery became a pop culture sensation and revolutionized our understanding of ancient Egypt.

Learn more about King Tutin Common, aka King Tut, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. King. King Tutin Common was born in the year 1341 BC, the son of the Pharaoh

Aknotin and was one of the last pharaohs of the 18th dynasty.

The 18th dynasty probably had more notable pharaohs than you might have heard of from any

other dynasty.

This includes all of the Amenhuteps, Futmosas, Aknoten, and the only female rulers in Egyptian history,

Hasepsut and Nefertiti.

To understand the significance of Tooten Common,

it's necessary to understand the man widely considered to be his father,

the Pharaoh Amenhof the fourth, better known as Aknaten.

Aknaten completely upended the entire Egyptian social and religious order by introducing

monotheism, or something very close to monotheism.

Achnatun abandoned Egyptian polytheism and its collection of gods and replaced it with the

worship of an entity he called the Otten. The Otten was basically the son and it was based on the

Egyptian god Ra. That in and of itself wasn't that big of a deal to the Egyptian

elite. However, Aknaten basically got rid of all the other gods and put all of the focus on the

Otten. He was really into the Otten. He changed his name from Amenhof-The- fourth to Aknaten which meant effective for the

Otten. He moved the capital of Egypt to a new city called Amarna which was

dedicated to the Otten. He also named his son at birth to Thunkh-A-N-A-N, which meant the living image of the

A-N-A-N-An. These changes were a lot for the rest of the Egyptian ruling class to digest. Ankh-Nānānādānānādānānānādānānādānānānānānānānānānānānānānānānānānānānān Aknaten disbanded all the other priesthoods and temples that worshipped other gods and diverted all of their money to his Otten cult.

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