Egypt Report- King Tut
By Mikayla Castillo
Spectacular, Religious, Famous –King Tut’s tomb was
famous because it was the only non-raided tomb in Egyptian
history. King Tut’s tomb had rich treasures and was filled with
gold. King Tut, King Tut’s Mummy and Tomb, All of the Kings
Treasures and Solved Mysteries.
King Tut
“Howard Carter was running out of time”. The fine taught
man Howard Carter was at a tomb but he didn’t know what
tomb it was. He searched until he knew it was King Tut’s tomb.
Howard Carter was already out of time he had to get as much
research as he could find. He saw the tomb filled with gold.
King Tut’s Mummy and Tomb
“Today he is known as King Tut”. King Tut was a pharaoh of
the 18th dynasty, his original name was Tutankaten which
means, “Living image of Aten”. King Tut was nine years old
when he became pharaoh. He ruled for ten years until he was
killed at nineteen years old. He was the son of Akhenaten and
Queen Kiya.
“ In the early 1920’s, some people believed that mummy
tombs were cursed”. When the king was being wrapped
something had gone wrong with Tut’s mummy. The black liquid
they use to make the cloth stick together damaged the skin and
the cloth of the mummy, so that makes 5 feet, 4 inches worth
of skin which made the mummy’s body look like a zombie. Tut’s
tomb held at least 4,000 items. Layers of gold covered the
furniture. There was personal items of King Tut’s in the annex.
In the last shrine he saw the King’s sarcophagus and with it was
his two daughters buried with him.
All his treasures and solved mysteries
“The burial shrines were poorly built”. The items they
found helped them solve the mysteries they were trying to
solve, it also helped them learn about life in Egypt. The flowers
on Tut’s tomb showed that he maybe died in the spring, and
the mask on his mummy showed what he looked like. On the
wall there was a picture where it showed Tut hunting and what
it looked like was that Tut was happy when he was hunting .
The games and instruments showed that Tut was interesting
when he was alive. Tut’s tomb wasn’t cared for compared to
the other tombs The workers didn’t have time to care for Tut’s
tomb, so that’s why the shrines on his tomb were poorly built.
Some people think that Tut’s tomb was rushed so it will keep
people from learning about it.