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NCERT Solutions for Class 11 English<\/a><\/p>\n

Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues NCERT Solutions for Class 11 English Hornbill Chapter 3<\/h2>\n

Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues NCERT Text Book Questions and Answers<\/h3>\n

Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n

A.R. Williams lives in Virginia Beach, VA. She developed a love for reading at a very young age and in the fourth grade, when an assignment to write their own works of fiction was given, it occurred to her that she too could have the ability to craft tales for others to enjoy.<\/p>\n

Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues Main Theme<\/strong><\/p>\n

The lesson describes the historic archaeological event that took place on January 5, 2005. On this day, the remains of King Tut were brought out of the burial chamber at 6 p.m. for about three hours and a CT scan was carried out.<\/p>\n

Howard Carter had found the tomb in 1922 surprisingly intact. It contained splendid golden jewels and artefacts and King Tut\u2019s three gold coffins. King Tut was the last King of the eighteenth dynasty and died young unexpectedly. His grandfather Amenhotep III had ruled for about forty years. His reign was the golden period of this dynasty. Amenhotep IV, Tut\u2019s father, changed the religion of the country. Tut restored the worship of Amun.<\/p>\n

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King Tut\u2019s mummy was the first one to be subjected to CT scan. Earlier in 1922, Carter had the mummy cut into several pieces in order to lift it from the coffin to which it had stuck due to hardened resins. The CT scan pictures of the mummy showed clearly the vertebrae, head, hand, ribcage and other parts of the body.<\/p>\n

Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues Understanding the text<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question 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>\n

Discuss the following in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.<\/span><\/p>\n

Question 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