3. A R Wi l l i a m s i s wo r k i n g
a s a s e n i o r wr i t e r i n
Na t i o n a l Ge o g r a p h i c
ma g a z i n e . T h e e x t r a c t
“D i s c o v e r i n g T u t ” i s
t a k e n f r o m o n e o f h e r
f e a t u r e d a r t i c l e s . He r
o t h e r wo r k s i n c l u d e
“B a m b o o c l o t h i n g ”,
“M y s t e r y o f t h e
T a t t o o e d Mu mmy ” a n d
4.
5. K i n g Tu t a n Eg y p t i a n p h a r a o h
h a d a u n t i me l y d e a t h , w h e n h e
wa s o n l y 9.
H i s t o m b w a s d i s c o v e r e d i n 1922
b y a n a r c h a e o l o g i s t n a me d
Ho wa r d Ca r t e r a t t h e
Va l l e y o f T h e Ki n g s .
H i s d e a t h u n d e r my s t e r i o u s
c o n d i t i o n s h a s b e e n t h e
s u b j e c t o f mu c h s p e c u l a t i o n .
Ma n y t h e o r i e s r e g a r d i n g h i s
d e a t h a s s t a t e d a r e :
1) H e w a s m u r d e r e d i n c o n s p i r a c y
i n v o l v i n g h i s o w n f a mi l y & f r i e n d s .
2)S o m e c l a i m t h a t h e d i e d i n a b a t t l e .
3)K i n g T u t c o u l d h a v e a l s o s u c c u m b e d
t o i n f e c t i o n o r i l l n e s s d u e t o a
6. A t e a m o f s p e c i a l i s t s i n
r a d i o l o g y , f o r e n s i c s , a n d
a n a t o my s u b j e c t e d h i s mu mmy t o
a c o m p u t e r t o m o g r a p h y (C T ) s c a n .
T h e C T s c a n f o u n d n o t r a c e o f
l e t h a l t r a u m a t o K i n g T u t 's
h e a d , r e f u t i n g t h e c l a i m t h a t h e
d i e d f r o m a b l o w t o t h e h e a d .
T h e ma t u r i t y o f t h e s k e l e t o n
a n d w i s d o m t e e t h c o n f i r ms t h a t
T u t w a s a b o u t 19 y e a r s o l d w h e n
h e d i e d .
B a s e d o n t h e s e f i n d i n g s , i t i s
p o s s i b l e t h a t s o me t h i n g o u t o f
t h e o r d i n a r y c a u s e d K i n g T u t 's
d e a t h .
7. THE VALLEY OF KINGS
The ancient Egyptians built massive public monuments to
their pharaohs. But they also spent time and treasure creating
hidden underground mausoleums that no one was ever meant
to see.
The most famed collection of such elaborate tombs—the
Valley of the Kings—lies on the Nile's west bank near Luxor.
During Egypt's New Kingdom (1539-1075 B.C.) the valley
became a royal burial ground for pharaohs such as
Tutankhamun, Seti I, and Ramses II, as well as queens, high
priests, and other elites of the 18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties.
10. 8 March, 2005, Cairo. Farouk Hosni, Minister of
Culture, announced today that the Egyptian team
has finished their examination of a non-invasive CT
scan of Tutankhamun's mummy. Zahi Hawass,
Secretary General of the Supreme Council of
Antiquities, states that there is no evidence that the
young king was murdered. a
The scientific team, which reviewed over 17,000
images, was headed by Dr. Hawass, and consisted
of radiologists, pathologists, and anatomists under
the oversight of Dr. Madiha Khattab, Dean of
Medicine at Cairo University.
11.
12.
13. The Valley of the Kings was once thought to hold no more
secrets and all the tombs unearthed. One man and his
sponsor (Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon) spent a number
of years searching for a tomb they thought might have
escaped looters and archeologists. On November 1922, the
tomb had been discovered and nearly undisturbed for over
3,000 years.
Now it's your turn to view the tomb. No need to travel to
Egypt as everything is here
21. The tomb of king Tutankhamen was
discovered by HOWARD CARTER in
1922.
The dig was intended to start on
November 1, 1914 but they delayed that
scheduled date because of World War I.
Carter was financed by Lord Carnarvon,
the 5th earl of Carnarvon.
They started the dig near Ramsies VI’s
tomb hoping King Tut was buried near
29. T h i s i s a l i v i n g e x a mp l e o f
t e c h n o l o g y a d v a n c e m e n t . We
a c c e p t e d t h i n g s a n d e v e n t s
a t t r i b u t i n g t h e i r c a u s e t o n a t u r e
a n d h e r wr a t h . Ho we v e r ,
a d v a n c e me n t a n d t e c h n o l o g y c o u l d
g i v e u s a d i f f e r e n t p i c t u r e . Th i s
wa y , i t h a s b e c o me a h a b i t w i t h u s
t o a c c e p t e v e r y t h i n g t h a t h i s t o r y
s t a t e s a n d d i c t a t e s . On t h e
p r o c e s s t h e mo d e r n w o r l d h a s f o u n d
wa y s t o o f f e r a d i f f e r e n t v i e w o n
i t . I n o t h e r w o r d s , t h e mo d e r n
wo r l d h a s t u r n i mp o s s i b i l i t i e s t o
p o s s i b i l i t i e s . Wi l l i a m s r e p o r t
g i v e s a n i n s i g h t i n t o t h i s . A mu mmy
s c a n n e d a f t e r a t h o u s a n d y e a r s h a s
o p e n e d n e w a v e n u e s r e g a r d i n g a
