placed into his tomb to rest in peace. (Networks 9)The current theory of the boy king’s death is dying in a chariot accident. This might explain why his heart was not preserved. Some people thought he had blood poisoning which he couldn’t handle because of his sick body. Others thought he died from murder because of the hole in the back of Tut’s head. (Rogers 38‚37) Howard Carter was a British archeologist who came to Egypt in 1891 and after world war 1 to start looking for King Tut’s tomb. (Networks
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in ancient civilizations are studied today to help us understand more about our worlds past. The ancient Egyptians believed the body was preserved for the afterlife. Mummification is the embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy and preservation of it by treating it with balsams and drugs and other chemicals. There were four main parts to the mummification process: embalm the body‚ wrap the body‚ final preparations‚ and the funeral. The first step of mummification was
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nearly intact tomb received worldwide press coverage. It sparked a renewed public interest in ancient Egypt‚ for which Tutankhamun’s burial mask‚ now in Cairo Museum‚ remains the popular symbol. Exhibits of artifacts from his tomb have toured the world. In February 2010‚ the results of DNA tests confirmed that he was the son of Akhenaten (mummy KV55) and Akhenaten’s sister and wife (mummy KV35YL)‚ whose name is unknown but whose remains are positively identified as "The Younger Lady" mummy found in KV35
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Mummification is designed to dry or shrivel up a dead body which turns into a mummy. This process is found in Egypt. It started about 2600 B.C.‚ during the Fourth and Fifth Dynasties. Why‚ because mummification helps “preserve the remains of their ancestors” (“BURIAL PRACTICES‚ AFTERLIFE‚ & MUMMIES” 1). The way Egyptians handled the death of bodies were done in a very significant way. The bodies were placed in the tombs with their bodies straightened‚ but lying on their left side. At first‚ Egypt
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about 3400 BC‚ all Egyptians were buried in shallow pit graves‚ whether rich or poor‚ royal or common. The heat and dryness of the sand dehydrated the bodies quickly‚ creating lifelike and natural ’mummies’. Later however‚ as prosperity and the advance in building techniques improved‚ more elaborate tombs for those of high social status were constructed. Yet at the same time‚ these brick lined underground burial chambers no longer provided the conditions which led to natural mummification in the older
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to the noise made by the hippopotami in Thebes 600 km away Seqenenre prepared himself for the inevitable fight and built a mud brick palace and fort at Ballas to the north of Thebes. Seqenenre met a violent death in a battle against the Hyksos. His mummy depicts wounds inflicted from a dagger ‚ axe and spear ‚ the axe marks on his forehead match Hyksos weaponry. Seqenenere’s son Khamose revenged his father’s death. Other leader of the Egyptian government didn’t approve the Hyksos allowed the Egyptians
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Year 8 Ancient History-EgyptResearch and Imaginative accountThe Greatest pharaoh who ever livedThe story of my deathIt all began on one rainy day. I was 26 and I was drinking from a golden goblet‚ which had my name engraved on it‚ when suddenly‚ I began to feel dizzy and I lost my balance. Before I knew it‚ I found myself on the floor. The goblet that I drank from had pure venom in it from the most poisonous snake of Egypt. I saw my life roll past my eyes. I even had some visions‚ in which I was
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them rather quickly and accurately. It was a great achievement in those days since Egyptology was still in its early stages. In 1886‚ Maspero resumed the work begun by Mariette to uncover the Sphinx‚ removing more than 65 feet of sand and seeking tombs below it‚ which were found only later. He also introduced admission charges for Egyptian sites to the increasing number of tourists to pay for their upkeep and maintenance. Maspero was popular with museum keepers and collectors and was known to be
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the men who were present at the opening of King Tutankhamen’s tomb. Finally‚ I will conclude with the theory I believe to be true. The first theory‚ I will discuss is the urban myth about “the mummy’s curse”. There was a message outside of the tomb that was translated to say “Death Shall Come on Swift Wings to Him Who Disturbs the Peace of the King”. Legend has it that anyone who dared open the tomb would suffer the wrath of the mummy. A series of unfortunate events suddenly began to affect the
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the world. King Tut’s tomb was essentially broken into long before it was discovered more than three thousand years later. “On November 4‚ 1922‚ workmen exposed the top step of a staircase which archaeologist Howard Carter followed to stumble on eleven stairs and a sealed door.” (the discovery). The mummy’s curse or the curse of King Tut is one of the most well known and one of most famous curses known around the world. The curse pretty much states that by opening the tomb of King Tut you were
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