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Tutankhamun was born in c1344 BC, possibly at Amarna, the city of his father, Akhenaten (though Tutankhamun’s parentage is hotly disputed). His mummy shows that he died when he was around 18 years old, but the exact cause of his demise is not known. Tutankhamun’s body suffered damage at various stages – immediately before or immediately after death; during the curiously hasty mummification process; within the tomb (where a chemical reaction caused it to ignite); and while being extracted from its three coffins in the years following its 1922 discovery by Howard Carter.