Discovering Tut.. Question And Answer (Hornbill)

Ch-3 Discovering Tut by AR Williams

Q1-What were the results of the CT scan?

Answer:

The results of the C.T. scan were quite encouraging. 1700 digital X-ray images in cross-section were created. A gray head appeared on screen. Neck vertebrae were quite clear. The images of hand, ribcage and skull were equally bright. These revealed that nothing had gone seriously wrong with Tut’s body

Question 2.

Why did the tourists throng to see Tut’s tomb? What was their reaction?

Answer:

The tourists came to pay their respects to King Tut. They admired the murals and Tut’s gilded face on his mummy-shaped outer coffin. They read from the guidebooks in whisper, or stood silently, pondering over Tut’s untimely death, fearing, lest the

pharaoh’s curse befall those who disturbed him.

Throng-भीड़

Whisper-फुसफुसाना

Pondering-सोच रहे थे

Curse-अभिशाप

Murals- दीवार पर बनी पेंटि

Question 3.

Who was Howard Carter? What did he find?

Answer: Howard Carter was the British archaeologist who in 1922 discovered Tut’s tomb after 80 years of unsuccessful search. He found three nested coffins of Tut. He finally reached

the most famous and beautiful mummy of the world.

Question4

Who was Zahi Hawass discovering Tut The Saga Continues?

Answer

Zahi Hawass was Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of antiquities. He believed that Tut's mummy was in bad condition because of Carter's mishandling. He arranged the first ever CT scan of Tut's mummy for an accurate forensic reconstruction.

Question 5

Who was tut ?

Ans.Tut was a boy king of Egypt. He belonged to a very powerful dynasty which ruled for centuries over Egypt. Young Tutankhaten changed his name to Tutankhamun but he was popularly known as Tut. He ruled over his kingdom for about nine years.His father or grandfather, Amenhotep III, was a very powerful Pharaoh ruler over a period of 40 years.

Question 6

Carter had to chisel away the solidified resins to raise the king’s remains.

Answer:

Carter found that the ritual resins had hardened. The result was that Tut’s body had been cemented to the bottom of his solid gold coffin. Proper force could not move the resins. Even the scorching sun failed to loosen the resins. So he got the resins chiseled

away to raise the king’s remains.

Question 8

Tut’s body was buried along with gilded treasures.

Answer:

The people of ancient Egypt believed in the resurrection of the dead. The kings were extremely rich. So Tut’s body was buried with gilded treasures. Their eternal brilliance was meant to guarantee resurrection. Things of everyday use were also buried with the

king.

resurrection-पनुर्जीवित

Question9

The boy king changed his name from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun.

Answer:

Tutankhamun means “living image of Amun”. He was a major god in ancient Egypt. King Amenhotep IV who changed his name to Akhenaten smashed the images of Amun and

got his temples closed. Tut oversaw a restoration of the old ways. He changed his name to express his belief in Amun.

Question 10:

(i) List the deeds that led Ray Johnson to describe Akhenaten as ‘wacky’.

Answer:

Akhenaten means the servant of the Aten i.e. the sun disc. He moved the religious capital

from the old city of Thebes to the new city of Akhetaten, known now as Amarna. He smashed the images of Amun, a major God and closed his temples. These deeds led Ray

Jonson to describe Akhenaten as ‘Wacky’.

Question11

Howard Carter’s investigation was resented.

ANSWER:

Howard Carter, a British archaeologist, was the first archaeologist to discover King Tut’s tomb in the year 1922.  During the investigation process, he damaged the mummy to a great extent. As the body was found cemented to its gold coffin, it was impossible to move it. Finally, to separate the mummy from its adornments,Carter decided to remove its head and break nearly every major joint. Due to this, his investigation was resented

Question 12:

Tut’s body was buried along with gilded treasures.

ANSWER:

King Tut was buried in a coffin made of pure gold “lavished with glittering goods”. The gilded treasures found included precious collars, inland necklaces and bracelets, rings,

amulets, a ceremonial apron, sandals, sheaths for his fingers and toes. In those times,the royals believed in the idea of taking their wealth with them. Tut was adorned with all such riches for his journey after life. It also gives the idea of the Egyptian belief in

resurrection.

Question 13:

The boy king changed his name from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun.

ANSWER:

‘Tutankhamun’ means the ‘living image of Amun’. Amun was the major god in the ancient Egyptian society whose temples and images were destroyed by a preceding ruler named Akhenaten. He destroyed the ancient religious order of the Egyptians. Tut’s changing of

his name represents his efforts in the restoration of the old ways that were once destroyed.

Scientific Values

1-CT scan- It refers to Computed Tomography. It provides X-ray image of a body in cross section. It is used for diagnostic purposes.

2-MRI- MRI is the short form of magnetic resonance imaging. It is a diagnostic tool.

3-Tomography- It refers to taking pictures of various sections of a human body in a three-dimensional view.

4-Autopsy- It refers to the post-mortem examination.

5-Dialysis- It is the process of filtration of bloodstream usually during kidney failure.

6-ECG- The electrocardiogram is a diagnostic tool that measures and records the electrical activity of the heart in exquisite detail.

7-Post mortem- It refers to the medical examination and dissection of a dead body to determine the cause of death

8-Angiography- Angiography is the examination of the blood vessels using x-rays and injecting of a radiopaque substance.

9-Biopsy- The removal and examination of a sample of tissue from a living body for diagnostic purposes is known as biopsy.

ANNOTATIONS

1-Forensic reconstruction-

It refers to the process of creating a face on the skull and see how the owner of the skull looked like.

2-ghostly dust devils-

It points out to the devilish or frightful movement of the dusty winds. It reflects the anger of the winds for disturbing the king from his resting place.

3-Desert sky- IT refers to the dusty sky of the desert. The barren sky spread over the vast desert region portrays a sad and dry picture.

4-stunning artefacts- Items found in the tomb were extremely beautiful. Usage of both the words together explains the ‘eternal brilliance’ of the objects.

5-Funerary treasures- Reference is to the fact that king was buried with numerous things which were no less than treasures as most of the items were made of pure gold.

6- Scientific detachment- it refers to an indifference towards science.

7-Dark-bellied clouds- it refers to the dark clouds containing rain.

8-Casket grey- the words point out to the stars being covered by the ‘dark-bellied

clouds’, the way jewels are kept in a casket (a jewel box).

9-Eternal brilliance- eternal refers to something that is timeless. Thus, eternal brilliance

refers to timeless lustre and shine of the jewels and valuables of the king.

10-Ritual resins- resins are used as a customary duty in the process of burying a body.

11-Virtual body- a body created through electronic images or CT scan. It resembles a real

body and provides a very clear view.