Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues Understanding the text<\/strong><\/p>\nQuestion 1.
\nGive reasons for the following.<\/p>\n
(i) King Tilt\u2019s body has been subjected to repeated scrutiny.
\nAnswer:
\nKing Tut was laid to rest in a solid gold coffin. His mummy had been stuck to the ritual resins at the bottom of the solid gold coffin. Thus Carter\u2019s men removed the mummy\u2019s head and severed nearly every major joint for closer scrutiny.<\/p>\n
(ii) Howard Carter\u2019s investigation was resented?
\nAnswer:
\nCarter had cut the hardened resins which held Tut\u2019s body glued to his coffin. His men cut off the mummy\u2019s head and severed nearly every major joint.<\/p>\n
(iii) Carter had to chisel away the solidified resins to raise the king\u2019s remains.
\nAnswer:
\nKing Tut\u2019s body was cemented to his solid gold coffin. In order to examine the body, he needed to free it from the resinous cement.<\/p>\n
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(iv) Tilt\u2019s body was buried along with gilded treasures.
\nAnswer:
\nEgyptians believed in resurrection. So, they buried the pharaoh with all the golden artifacts he might need in afterlife.<\/p>\n
(v) The boy king changed his name from Tutankhaten to Thtankhamun.
\nAnswer:
\nThe new name Tutankhamun means \u2018the living image of Amun. Amun was the god whose worship buts father hold stopped. But restored the worship.<\/p>\n
Question 2.
\n(i) List the deeds that led Ray Johnson to describe Akhenaten as \u2018wacky\u2019.
\nAnswer:
\nThe new pharaoh Amennotep IV promoted the worship of Aten, the sun disk. He shifted his capital from Thebes to Akhetaten, now known as Amarna. He shocked the country by attacking Amun, a major god, smashing his images and closing his temples.<\/p>\n
(ii) What were the results of the CT scan?
\nAnswer:
\nThe CT scanner created 1700 digital images, in 0.62 millimetre slices, in cross-sections, to registered intimate structures. It revealed a grey head, followed by the neck vertebrae, a hand, several views of the rib cage and a transection of the skull.<\/p>\n
(iii) List the advances in technology that have improved forensic analysis.
\nAnswer:
\nForensic medical technology\u2014X-ray, CT or computed tomography.<\/p>\n
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(iv) Explain the statement, \u201cKing T\\it\u2019 is one of the first mummies to be scanned\u2014in death, as in life…\u201d
\nAnswer:
\nKing Tut is the first of over 600 Egyptian mummies to be scanned. Thus, even after death, he is a royal leader. In life, King Tut had changed his name from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun. He brought back the worship of Amun which his father had stopped. In life too, he was thus a leader.<\/p>\n
Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues Talking about the text<\/strong><\/p>\nDiscuss the following in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.<\/span><\/p>\nQuestion 1.
\nScientific intervention is necessary to unearth buried mysteries.
\nAnswer:
\nScientific intervention
\nSpeaking for scientific intervention \u2014 Dates can be confirmed using carbon dating.<\/p>\n
\n- Materials used in old cultures can be examined.<\/li>\n
- X-ray techniques can find hidden facts without damaging the bodies, remains.<\/li>\n
- Satellite imaging can help find buried cities.<\/li>\n
- Yet, while using scientific intervention, we have to guard against these dangers.<\/li>\n
- Scientific intervention removes artifacts from their original sites.<\/li>\n
- Damages, mutilates objects in the process.<\/li>\n
- Findings and conclusions are refuted by subsequent scientific investigation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Question 2.
\nAdvanced technology gives us conclusive evidence of past events.
\nAnswer:
\nFor \u2014Advanced technology\u2014dates can be confirmed using carbon dating, materials used in old cultures can be examined, satellite imaging can help find buried sites.
\nAgainst \u2014 Advanced technology can be destructive, e.g. Carter\u2019s mutilation of Tut\u2019s mummy.<\/p>\n
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Question 3.
\nTraditions, rituals and funerary practices must be respected.
\nAnswer:
\nTraditions must be respected.
\nFor<\/p>\n
\n- Maintaining continuity of culture.<\/li>\n
- Passing on values of ancestors to younger generations.<\/li>\n
- Giving identity to a community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Against<\/p>\n
\n- May get outdated.<\/li>\n
- Encourage superstition.<\/li>\n
- Make a community backward.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Conclusion<\/p>\n