King Tutankhamen (1341 BC- 1323 BC) King Tutankhamen or the "Boy King was only 9 years old when he became King. He didn't reign long. He died when he was about 18 years old. They buried him in the Valley of the Kings. Howard Carter, a British archaeologist found his tomb. A lot of archaeologists went to see the tomb. Some of them got ill and died. Was it a curse?