是古埃及新王國時期第十八王朝的一位法老（在位時期大約是公元前1332年－前1323年）。他原來的名字叫圖坦卡頓，意思是「阿頓的形象」，後改為圖坦卡門，意思是「阿蒙的形象」，這也說明了他的信仰從崇拜阿頓神轉向崇拜阿蒙神。
He was a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty during the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt (reigned approximately 1332–1323 BC). His original name was Tutankhamun, meaning “image of Aten,” which he later changed to Tutankhamun, meaning “image of Amun,” indicating that his faith shifted from worshipping Aten to worshipping Amun.
父親阿肯那頓曾經進行過一次宗教改革，樹立阿頓為主神，削減寺廟，減少崇拜的神，甚至逐漸走向一神教，以削弱傳統宗教祭司勢力。圖坦卡門即位3年後（前1331年），在多神教傳統宗教祭司的慫恿下，也可能是實際掌權者復辟，重新樹立阿蒙神，恢復寺廟，並把首都遷回底比斯。
Akhenaten, Tutankhamun’s father, had previously initiated a religious reform, establishing Aten as the principal god, reducing the number of temples and the number of gods worshipped, and even gradually moving towards monotheism in order to weaken the power of traditional religious priests. Three years after Tutankhamun ascended the throne (1331 BC), at the urging of the polytheistic traditional religious priests, or possibly due to a restoration of the actual power, he re-established the god Amun, restored temples, and moved the capital back to Thebes.