summary of the prose 'discovering Tut:the saga continues'
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Tut's tomb was discovered by Howard Carter,a British archeologist, in the year 1922 in Egypt.
Along with his coffin were other items of daily use like board games,a bronze razor,linen undergarments,food and wine.
After that Carter started investigating the three coffins .The first one contained shroud adorned with garlands,lotus petals,olives and cornflowers.The last coffin contained Tut's body cemented to the bottom of his solid gold coffin due to the hardening of the ritual resins.
They tried to use the sun's heat to loosen the resins but their efforts went in vain.Then Carter
ordered his men to remove the mummy's head and to severe nearly every major joint and reassemble them on a sand layer.
After more than 40 years in 1968,an anatomy professor X-rayed the mummy and it revealed that beneath the resins his breastbone and front ribs were missing.A CT(Computed tomography) machine,sponsored by the National Geographic Society and Siemens (manufacturer), scanned Tut's body from top to bottom,creating 1,700 digital X-ray images in cross section.
Zahid Hawass,the Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities,said that "The mummy was in a very bad condition because of what carter did".Later when the CT scan showed the results on the computer screen,he smiled and said"I didn't sleep last night, not for a second,I was so worried.But now I think I will go and sleep".
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This is an article written by A.R.Williams, regarding the famous and powerful pharaoh Tutankhamun or popularly known as Tut.Tut was the last heir to the powerful throne of Egypt.He had died at a young age of around 15 years.His death has been speculated since then with murder being the most possible reason.
Tut's tomb was discovered by Howard Carter,a British archeologist, in the year 1922 in Egypt.
Along with his coffin were other items of daily use like board games,a bronze razor,linen undergarments,food and wine.
After that Carter started investigating the three coffins .The first one contained shroud adorned with garlands,lotus petals,olives and cornflowers.The last coffin contained Tut's body cemented to the bottom of his solid gold coffin due to the hardening of the ritual resins.
They tried to use the sun's heat to loosen the resins but their efforts went in vain.Then Carter
ordered his men to remove the mummy's head and to severe nearly every major joint and reassemble them on a sand layer.
After more than 40 years in 1968,an anatomy professor X-rayed the mummy and it revealed that beneath the resins his breastbone and front ribs were missing.A CT(Computed tomography) machine,sponsored by the National Geographic Society and Siemens (manufacturer), scanned Tut's body from top to bottom,creating 1,700 digital X-ray images in cross section.
Zahid Hawass,the Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities,said that "The mummy was in a very bad condition because of what carter did".Later when the CT scan showed the results on the computer screen,he smiled and said"I didn't sleep last night, not for a second,I was so worried.But now I think I will go and sleep".