Discovering tut: The Saga Continues
By-A.R. William
Summary in English
English archaeologist Howard Carter discovered Tut's bomb in 1922. It contained beautiful pieces of art in gold. There were things of everyday use also because they believed the king would come back to life and would need all those things.
Tut's mummy was carefully placed in a three-layered coffin. The top shroud was adorned with resins, which had hardened like cement. Every effort to raise the body failed. So Carter had to chisel out the resin to remove the body. Carter's men cut almost every joint of the body apart to take it out limb by limb. They put the body in a box but it was badly damaged.
Tut was the last heir of the royal family that ruled Egypt for centuries. Amun was the traditional god of Egypt. Tut's grandfather, Amenhotep 3nd, was a powerful king who ruled for the forty years. His son, Amenhotep 4th took a strange decision. He discarded Amun and promoted the worship of the sun god Aten. He shifted the religious capital from Thebes to the new city of Akhetaten. He closed Amun's temples and even smashed his images. The people of his country were shocked. It must have been horrific times when Tut came to the throne. He was a just a boy. He tried to set things right. He restored the worship of Amun and changed his name to Amun. But Tut died young. He died suddenly and his death is shrouded in mystery.
Carter was interested only in the antiquities. But his discovery of Tut's tomb aroused more interest among historians and archaeologists. They were interested in finding out how Tut died, and how long he was when he died.
In 1968, a professor of Anatomy x-rayed Tut's mummy. He revealed that Tut's breastbone and front ribs are missing. This aroused further interest in Tut's life and death.
Technology has advanced. it is possible to create three-dimensional images with the help of computed tomography or CT.
On the night of January 5, 2005, Tut was taken out his resting place once again. He was to be CT scanned to obtain data for accurate forensic reconstruction. Gusty winds were blowing and dark clouds were drifting in the sky that night.
Tut's mummy was carried by the workers from his tomb 26 feet below ground. it was slid into the one, creating 1700 digital x-ray images in cross-sections. Then the mummy was sent back to its resting place.
The technicians pulled up images on a computer. Tut's head, neck vertebrae, a hand, several images of the rib cage, and a transaction of the skull were clearly seen.
Once again Tut lies in his tomb which watched over by Osiris, whom ancient Egyptians regarded as the god of the afterlife.
By-A.R. William
English archaeologist Howard Carter discovered Tut's bomb in 1922. It contained beautiful pieces of art in gold. There were things of everyday use also because they believed the king would come back to life and would need all those things.
Tut's mummy was carefully placed in a three-layered coffin. The top shroud was adorned with resins, which had hardened like cement. Every effort to raise the body failed. So Carter had to chisel out the resin to remove the body. Carter's men cut almost every joint of the body apart to take it out limb by limb. They put the body in a box but it was badly damaged.
Tut was the last heir of the royal family that ruled Egypt for centuries. Amun was the traditional god of Egypt. Tut's grandfather, Amenhotep 3nd, was a powerful king who ruled for the forty years. His son, Amenhotep 4th took a strange decision. He discarded Amun and promoted the worship of the sun god Aten. He shifted the religious capital from Thebes to the new city of Akhetaten. He closed Amun's temples and even smashed his images. The people of his country were shocked. It must have been horrific times when Tut came to the throne. He was a just a boy. He tried to set things right. He restored the worship of Amun and changed his name to Amun. But Tut died young. He died suddenly and his death is shrouded in mystery.
Carter was interested only in the antiquities. But his discovery of Tut's tomb aroused more interest among historians and archaeologists. They were interested in finding out how Tut died, and how long he was when he died.
In 1968, a professor of Anatomy x-rayed Tut's mummy. He revealed that Tut's breastbone and front ribs are missing. This aroused further interest in Tut's life and death.
Technology has advanced. it is possible to create three-dimensional images with the help of computed tomography or CT.
On the night of January 5, 2005, Tut was taken out his resting place once again. He was to be CT scanned to obtain data for accurate forensic reconstruction. Gusty winds were blowing and dark clouds were drifting in the sky that night.
Tut's mummy was carried by the workers from his tomb 26 feet below ground. it was slid into the one, creating 1700 digital x-ray images in cross-sections. Then the mummy was sent back to its resting place.
The technicians pulled up images on a computer. Tut's head, neck vertebrae, a hand, several images of the rib cage, and a transaction of the skull were clearly seen.
Once again Tut lies in his tomb which watched over by Osiris, whom ancient Egyptians regarded as the god of the afterlife.
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