(i) King Tut of Egypt was merely a teenager when he died. He belonged to a very
powerful family that had ruled Egypt and its empire for centuries. He was the last heir
his family. King Tut’s body has been subjected to repeated scrutiny to know more about
his life and the manner in which he died. Howard Carter, a British archaeologist
discoverd Tut’s tomb in 1922.
Since then the modem world has speculated about what happened to him. Even the
possibility of his murder is not ruled out. The repeated scrutiny will after new clues about
his life and death. That is why his dead body was bronght under CT scanner to probe
medical mysteries about him.
(ii) Haward Carter, the British archaeologist had discovered Tut’s tomb in 1922. Carter’s
investigation was resented because the mummy was in very bad condition due to what
he did to it while investigating. This is what Zahi Hawass, Secretary-General of Egypt’s
Supreme Council of Antiquities, felt. To separate Tut from his adomaments, Carter’s
men removed the mummy’ head and severed nearly every major joint.
(iii) Howard Carter had discovered Tut’s tomb in 1922 after years of futile search¬ing.
When he finally reached the mummy, he ran into trouble. The ritual resins had
hardened, cementing Tut to the botton of his solid gold coffin. As Carter wrote later, no
amount of legitimate force could move the resins. He set the mummy outside in blazing
sunshine that heated it to 149 degrees Fahrenheit. But it had no affect at all. That is why
the consolidated material or the solidified resins had to chisel away to raise the king’s
remains.
(iv) Tut’s body was buried alongwith gilded treasures :precious collars, inlaid necklaces
and bracelets, rings, amulets, a ceremonial apron, sandals, sheaths for his fingers and
toes, inner coffin and mask—all of pure gold. In Tut’s time the royals were fabulously
wealthy. They thought or hoped that they could take their riches with them. That is why
Tut’s body was buried alongwith gilded treasures
(v) The boy King Tut’s original name was Tutankhaten. When a very young Tutankhaten
took the throne, he soon changed his name to Tutankhamun, which means the “living
image of Amun”, and oversaw a restoration of the old ways.
