GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -King Amenhotep IV, who is believed to be Tut’s father, had turned away from his culture’s many gods to worship a sun god called the Aten. In honor of the new deity, he changed his own name to Akhenaten and named his son Tutankhaten, meaning “living image of Aten.” (Learn about King Tut with your kids.) 3:40.

Detailed explanation-2: -Surprisingly, Tutankhamun was originally known as Tutankhaten. This is thought to have meant ‘the living image of Aten’. The Aten was the disc of the sun in ancient Egyptian mythology.

Detailed explanation-3: -He destroyed the ancient religious order of the Egyptians. Tut’s changing of his name represents his efforts in the restoration of the old ways that were once destroyed.