How did Howard Carter detach mummy from its coffin
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Carter discovered that the resin put over tuts body had solidified and there fire he tried to put the mummy in the sun in order for the resin to budge but nothing happened . Then he had to chisel our the mummy from the coffin in order to remove it and get the coffin.
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Tut's mummy was cemented to the bottom of his solid gold coffin. The resin had become solid. The hot sun couldn't melt it. So, chisels were used to cut away the resins beneath the limbs. Tut's head and almost all the joints had to be served to free them from resins.
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