Discovering Tut
Discovering Tut
Discovering Tut
Technology hasnt been able to give us a definite answer to Tuts death. However, it
has given us a direction to think and proceed. Maybe in future, technology would
solve it for us. The whole excavation and the scan required scores of people. It was a
grueling job and the workers had a tough time. After the pharaoh was rested in peace
again, Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of Egypts Supreme Council of Antiquities
said, I didnt sleep last night, not for a second. I was worried. But now I think I will go
and sleep. It just proves how tough the whole process was. In other words, King Tut
is one of the first mummies to be scanned-in death as in life. He was famous when
he was alive and his untimely death has raised the necessity to probe the lingering
mysteries
of
this
young
ruler
who
died
more
than
3,300
years
ago.
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Tutankhamun was one of the Egyptian Pharaohs. He became a king at a
very small age of 15 or so but after a short period of time he was probably
murdered by his enemies. We have no clues about why he was murdered,
by whom, with what, and many others. What we know now is that he was
buried solemnly after being mummified and encased in three coffins one
in the other. He was buried with gold, silk garments, diamonds and even
with under garments because the ancient Egyptians believed in life after
death. After his grand burial, a pyramid was erected upon his tomb. This is
a very famous pyramid in Egypts long history. All this happened 3300
years ago.
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But taking Tuts body wasnt that easy. Carter and his team broke the
three gold coffins one after the other. Finally they broke the innermost
coffin and saw the dried, hard body of Tut! It was really wonderful to see
the dead body of a 3300 year old mummy and to know for sure that his
name was Tutankhamun. Dont you think so? I would have felt a creeping
feeling!!! However, Howard carter was a strong heart. He then decided to
take the body out of the coffins but soon realized that that was not so easy
because the body had got hardened with the resins and separating the
body from the coffin was IMPOSSIBLE! But Carter could not think of leaving
the body there. He feared the thieves who could destroy the mummy for
stealing the valuable wealth inside, so Carter decided to cut Tuts body
into pieces.
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Why wasnt it easy to take out Tuts body out of the third coffin?
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Why could not Carter think of leaving Tuts body in the tomb?
That really happened: Carter amputed Tuts hands, legs and all the other
joints. You can call it a kind of a 21st century murder of a 1300 BC Pharaoh
and the Murder was committed by HOWARD CARTER. Carter had no other
option because for him the mummy was more important than the
treasures. Having taken the sliced pieces of Tut, Carter rejoined them into
Tut again.Why did Carter ampute Tuts body? Well, Carter received
criticisms from everywhere for killing an ancient mummy but Carter went
ahead with his discovery. After some years, probably after Carters death,
a doctor performed an Xray and found out that one of Tuts bones was
missing from his reassembled body. How did it happen? No one knows!
Years passed and archaeologists and scientists performed a number of
studies and experiments.
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Do you think Carter was absolutely wrong in amputing Tuts body? Why?
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The most remarkable experiment performed on Tuts body was that his
whole body was CT Scanned in the year 2001. The first Pharaoh to be CT
Scanned and Xrayed! The first Egyptian to taste the most modern
scientific treatment! The first man to be honored with modern technology!
Tut is outstanding, amazing, lucky.
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How is King Tutankhamun ahead of his countrymen and all the men who
lived and died on this earth?
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What are the modern worlds speculation about his death? OR What new
clues has the scientific world got about the life and death of Tut?
Tutankhamuns mummy was first discovered in the year 1920 by
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King Tutankamun was outstanding during his life and beyond that.
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