Egyptian King Tut's coffin to be restored for the first time after its discovery in 1922
World | July 23, 2019 8:49 ISTTutankhamun, who ascended the throne at the age of nine and died at 19, is the world's best-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt. The young king ruled from 1332 BC to 1323 BC, during a period known as the New Kingdom in ancient Egypt. He won his fame for his tomb, which was discovered by British Egyptologist Howard Carter in 1922 and has remained one of the best-preserved.