Editing Tutankhamun (section)

====During-life deification====
{{See also | List of pharaohs deified during lifetime}}

In ancient Egypt, pharaohs were venerated after their deaths through [[mortuary cult]]s and associated temples as [[List of people who have been considered deities|deities]]. This form of [[apotheosis]] was typically reserved for deceased pharaohs, but Tutankhamun was one of the few pharaohs who was worshiped in this manner during his lifetime.{{sfn|Redford|2003|page=85}} Temples of his cult were built as far away as in [[Kawa, Egypt|Kawa]] and [[Faras]] in [[Nubia]]. The title of the sister of the [[Viceroy of Kush]] included a reference to the deified king, indicative of the universality of his cult.{{sfn|Booth|2007|p=120}}
[[File:Tutankhamun cartouches.svg|150px|thumb|left|[[Cartouche]] left: ''[[Nomen (ancient Egypt)|Nomen]]'' "Tutankhamun, ruler of Upper Heliopolis".{{sfn|Robinson|2009|pages=90–91}}{{sfn|Collier|Manley|2003|page=28}} Right: ''[[Prenomen (Ancient Egypt)|Prenomen]]'' "Nebkheperura".{{sfn|Collier|Manley|2003|page=28}}]]

The [[Amenhotep called Huy#Stela of Huy|Stela of Huy]] from Karnak Temple is also evidential of the [[List of pharaohs deified during lifetime|lifetime deification of pharaoh Tutankhamun]]. It contains a hymn directed to the deified form of Tutankhamun. Below is an English translation

<blockquote>
Give praises the [[Ancient Egyptian conception of the soul|ka]] of [[Amun]], lord of Karnak homage to Amun, by whom swear the Two Lands<br>
and ... to the royal ka of Tutankhamun:<br>
that they may give a happy lifetime and a body, joyful, every day, to the ka of the royal son of Kush, the overseer of the countries of the south, Huy<br>
</blockquote>

The hymn clearly regards Tutankhamun with equivalent divinity as the god [[Amun]].<ref name="u966">{{cite web | title=Vol 40, fasc. 1: Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte (1940) : Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive | website=Internet Archive | date=2016-10-23 | url=https://archive.org/details/ASAE-40-1-1940/page/n27/mode/2up | access-date=2025-01-31}}</ref>