Born around 1343 BCE, Tutankhamun made history as the youngest known monarch to preside over the ancient Egyptian empire. But that wasn’t his only claim to fame. In life, King Tut made important.

Answer: The boy king changed his own name from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun means ‘living image of Amun’ because Amun was a major God in ancient Egypt. But the previous King had made his people worship the Sun God Aten.