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Who discovered tut? What are the problems faced by him? |
| Answer» A British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered Tut’s tomb in 1922. Carter worked for months. He carefully recorded Tut’s treasures. Then he began investigating his three nested coffins. He found a shroud adorned with garlands of willow, olive and lotus leaves. Perhaps Tut was buried in March or April. Carter ran into trouble when he reached the mummy. The ritual resin had hardened. It cemented Tut to the bottom of his solid gold coffin. No amount of force could separate them. Then Carter tried another way of loosening the resins. He placed the mummy in the blazing sunshine. But the move didn’t work. At last, he decided to cut the mummy free from the resins. The resins had to be chiselled away beneath the limbs and the trunk. In his defence, Carter had little choice. Had he not cut the mummy free, thieves would have run away with the gold. | |