Discovering Tut one of the best mysterious story you have ever seen this is based on mummy in Dubai

1. DISCOVERING TUT: THE
SAGA CONTINUES
A.R .WILLIAMS
Prepared by : Deepshikha Ghai

2. KING TUT’S LINEAGE AND RULE
• Tutankhamun-an 18th dynasty pharaoh- Egypt-3300 years ago
• Inherited the throne at a young age- reign was short lived
• Tut’s grandfather Amenhotep III ruled eighteenth dynasty for forty
years
• His son Amenhotep IV succeeded him and brought drastic changes
• Discouraged the worship of ‘ Amun’ a major God and destroyed his
images, idols and temples
• Declared ‘ Sun’ as the reigning diety and prompted the worship of
‘Aten’ ,the sun disc. Changed his name to Akhenaten
• Moved the religious capital from Thebes to Akhenaten( Amarna)

3. • Reffered as ‘ Horrific Time’- Akhenaten going a little wacky
• After Akhenaten’sdeath a mysterious ruler Smenkhkare ruled
for a brief period.
• Finally Tutankhaten ascended the throne-
restored old religious ways and reigning diety
‘Amun’ –ruled for nine years-died unexpectedly
- a death knell for his dynasty
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4. HOWARD CARTER’S WORK ON TUT’S MUMMY
• Howard Carter, a british archaeologist, discovered Tut’s tomb in1922
• Tomb contained jewellery pieces in glittering gold
Alongwith articles of everyday use like wine, clothings,
Board games, etc.
A shroud covered with garlands of spring season plants
and flowers like willow, olive leaves,lotus petals and corn
flowers indicated a burial in the month of March or April.
• Tut’s mummified body cemented to its gold coffin due
to hardening of ritual funerary resins .

5. • Carter kept Tut’s mummy out in the blazing desert sun,
heating it to 149 degrees F but in vain.
• Carter chiselled beneath the mummy to separate it from the
gold base.He separated mummy’s head and every major joint
to remove the adornments and reassembled the remains in a
wooden box to conceal the damage.
• He defends his action-had he not done so, thieves would have
removed the golden adornments.
• Tomb though ransackedearlier had its contents still intact.

6. REDISCOVERING TUT AFTER 3300 YEARS
• Zahi Hawass, Secretary general of Egypt’s Council of Antiquities
rediscovered Tut’s tomb on 5th January 2005
• King Tut ( the mummy) leaves his cemetery to be C.T. scanned
• Ominous atmosphere with dark sky
and ghostly clouds (curse –disturb
Tut’s sleep)
• Tourists visit the 26 feet
underground tomb travelling at the
wall murals in the burial chamber

7. ARCHAEOLOGY AND ITS PROGRESSIVE CHANGES
• Earlier: a scientific study of human antiquities
• Now: an investigative scientific study of human antiquities
• Changed substantially with time
• Less focus on treasures and more focus on mysteries of life and death
• Also uses more sophisticated tools and medical technology
• Tut’s body X- Rayed in 1968 by an anatomy professor
• Startling revelation: beneath the ritual resin that covered his chest, Tut’s breast
bone and front ribs missing.
• Modern archaeology: C.T.Scanning- hundreds of X-rays in cross section to create a
three dimensional virtual body –also called diagnostic imaging.

8. TWO QUESTIONS STILL UNANSWERED
• How did Tut die?
• How old was he at the
time of his death?

9. EGYPTIAN MUMMY PROJECT
• Began an inventory in 2003 and recorded 600 mummies so far
• Scanning the mummies with a portable C.T. Scan machine donated by
National Geographic Society and Siemens
• Tut: the first mummy scanned on 5th January 2005 in less than 3 hrs.
• King Tut ahead of his countrymen in death as in life
• A minor snag during scan as desert sand entered the cooler fan
• Scanned head to toe- 1,700 digital X-Ray images in cross section
• Results of scan studied by specialistsin radiology, forensics and anatomy
• Zahi Hawass- satisfiedand relieved after successful scanning.