Items from the tomb of Tutankhamun
Ministry of Tourism has decided to allow an Egyptian mummy of a young mummy of Tutankhamun to the public for the first time since its discovery with her shrine's golden city of Luxor 85 years ago.
The news agency Associated Press reported the director of Egyptian antiquities, Zahi Hawass, as
saying that Egyptian scientists began more than two years restoring the mummy of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, which has been severely damaged after graduation for a brief period of her coffin stone when subjected to imaging CT.
Hawass added that the bulk of the body of the mummy fragmented to 18 piece looks - described by the senses - Khjarp crashed when he discovered parts of the British archaeologist Howard Carter first time, and remove it from the grave and tried to remove the golden mask which covered the face of King Tutankhamun.
Char to the mystery surrounding Tutankhamun and the Golden tomb raised the curiosity and enthusiasm of the fans since the studies of ancient Egyptian mummy revealed Carter site in the November 4, 1922, and what was in store for the treasures of gold and precious stones.
Archaeologists have tried in recent years uncovered the mystery behind the way the death of the young pharaoh, who was believed to be the ruler of 12 of the 18 Dynasty and ascended to the throne, the ruler of ancient Egypt at the age of no more than eight years.
In an attempt to uncover these secrets out scientists mummy of Tutankhamun from the grave and put it on the table CT evolving for a quarter of an hour in 2005 in order to obtain three-dimensional image of the mummy older than 3000 years.
And excluded the results of medical examination to be young pharaoh had died were killed, but was unable to determine precisely the way his death, which occurred in 1323 BC.
I discovered that the image of King Tutankhamun suffered a fractured left thigh, caused by an accident most likely, led to his later fatal disease could not be determined.
It also provided an account of the images in a timely manner is unprecedented about the life of the young pharaoh, who is one of the most famous kings of ancient Egypt, including that he was healthy because of good nutrition despite his intention to transform the relatively does not exceed 170 centimeters tall England when he died.
Attempts to find out the mystery of his death
On 17 February 2010, Dr. Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Garden news conference, the Egyptian Museum in a series of scientific discoveries stunning solve many of the mysteries of the ends of the Eighteenth Dynasty, including the mystery of the death of the young king Tutankhamun, By analyzing the DNA of the mummy of King Tut The results showed that the cause of death due to malaria parasite, is likely to be complications due to sharply about the disease led to his death, also revealed that DNA analysis and CT scans of the mummy of Tutankhamun, King Akhenaton is the father of King Tut.
The findings also revealed that the genetic diseases and genetic played a role in the death of Tutankhamun, where he was suffering from a genetic defect inherited in the family, and Hawass said: "We know that there was a weakness and illness in these mummies, and perhaps problems related to heart and blood vessels." , And when the researchers conducted a survey of the mummy of Tutankhamun, and found his range of diseases such as Bahdodab injury to his spine, as well as distort the big toe, which led to the atrophy in his left foot.
Hawass said that the graphics were old perception of Tutankhamun as he fires his arrows, while sitting in the cart drawn by horses, and not while standing, which is unusual .. In his grave, we found a 100 stick for walking, at first we thought they represent power and strength, but it turns out she was using crutches old, he was barely able to walk and walk. "
He also pointed out the senses to the survey virtual of the mummy in 2005, was designed to ascertain that he had been killed, because the pictures the previous X-ray revealed a hole in his skull, he said, adding that it shows that this hole was in the process of mummification, but it was discovered broken the left leg bone, may have a role in the death of Pharaoh small.
The importance of the treasures of TutankhamunThe importance of a group of King Tutankhamun to many reasons; First, the treasure of King Tutankhamun is the most complete treasure royal was found not unprecedented, as it consists of three hundred and fifty-eight pieces, including the golden mask, magnificent and three coffins in the form of rights, one of pure gold and two of gilded wood. Second: that the effects due to the family of eighteen months and the Golden Age of the modern state, where the country has opened up the provinces of the ancient Near East through military campaigns and trade relations of the export and import of resources and manufactured products and the activity of the people of character and artists. Finally; that this enormous collection has remained in Egypt, and to explain how the tomb was the Royal processes and is, there is baggage of daily life like puppets and toys, and then a set of furniture unfinished instruments and military equipment, and statues of the gods concerning the burial of the king and lead him from the rituals, and with the trumpet of Tutankhamun famous made of silver and another of copper, all of these contents now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. IV: From this treasure or an array know a lot of the life of King and his love of hunting and its relationship to his wife "Ankh Teeth of Amun", which is believed to be his relative, as well as to learn the most important work and his entourage, and finally the throne only one who reached us from the civilization of the ancient Egyptians.