Because he was the first king to support and restore the old priestly establishment to power after the interruption of Akhenaten's, to their eyes, heretical rule left them out of power. It was pure symbolism over substance. The restored establishment lavished Tut with praise, regardless of any real worthiness, just like our restored establishment praises Pelosi. Tut's only real accomplishments were probably getting out of the way while the restored priests tried to wipe Akhenaten off the face of history (like John Conyers going after W.) Thanks mainly to one amazing overlooked bust of Akhenaten's wife, that induced modern archaeologists to pull Akhenaten's story literally from the shards of history, he eventually failed.
