Ruler Tutankhamun's Tomb - Luxor - Egypt
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| Ruler Tutankhamun's Tomb - Luxor - Egypt |
Ruler Tutankhamun (King Tut) was your young Pharaoh who succeeded his father Akhenaten on the end of the 18th Dynasty. During his short 9 year regulation he restored Thebes (Luxor) as the Capital of Egypt and started the return of worship of Amon. Little was known of the King other that he came to a sudden end.
Egyptologists were not considering finding his tomb as they assumed it would have poor content. At the time it was decided that Valley of Rulers had yielded all its' tombs. Lord Carnarvon a wealthy Englishman thought in a different way and was convinced that there was an in one piece tomb.
Howard Carter, going up Lord Carnarvon's Group and worked dedicatedly for six seasons. Approximately two hundred, 000 tons of debris were moved, and Howard Carter was forced to accept that there were no more tombs found in the Valley of the Kings. There was one last remote probability, the website immediately beneath the tomb of Ramses MIRE. It was covered with workmen's huts and Carter had his men remove them.
In 1922 the door of a burial place was bought at the bottom level of some steps. The seals appeared to be intact and Lord Carnarvon was informed while formulations were created to start the tomb. After they joined the tomb it considerably exceeded their wildest dreams.
We can only think about the awe and amazement on finding the treasures now seen in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Lord Carnarvon attended the opening but never existed to see the full contents of the burial place. The death of Master Carnarvon was attributed to 'The Pharaoh's curse - a sting from a mosquito.
The tomb was small but packed with furniture, statutes, charms and a wealth of pieces that where meant to be employed by the Full in his after life. Carter spent 10 years cataloging the contents and recorded 171 objects in the first room exclusively. If he made a tiny opening in the door of the tomb holding chamber, there appeared to be a great wall of platinum. It absolutely was an enormous platinum gilded shrine with 3 other shrines layered inside. In the center was a stone sarcophagus and three mummy coffins. Normally the one holding King Tut's remains was solid gold and weighed 2, 488. almost 8 Ibs.
The mummy itself was covered in rare metal objects, bracelets, chains, training collars, gold beads and necklets of treasured and precioous stones, engraved scarabs and garlands of flowers. A solid gold mask protected the head. The particular inner mummy case, which contained the actual mummy of the Pharaoh has been left in the tomb itself. The recovery of the treasures are now displayed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
The tomb is the actual found in the Area of the Kings the first chamber measuring eight x 4 meters with bare walls. The small second annex contained pots for oils, baskets of fruit and seeds, wine beverages jars and pottery, all decorated in alabaster, african, turquoise, gold, lapis-lazuli and Ivory. Them in this chamber were bare.
The burial chamber itself is the only one with decorated walls. The works of art of religious scenes and inscriptions are in excellent condition retaining the brilliant colors of the days and nights they were painted. Right now there are full-length figures on three of the wall surfaces beneath a dark colorful roof which represents the sky. The figures show up top heavy which is characteristic of the Amarna period. Another wall has representations from the E book of the Dead.
For what reason were there so many treasures in the young King's Tomb and why did it appear that they were in total disorder rather than put in a tidy style? This can be quickly explained. Tutankhamun was the last of his family line wonderful tomb was filled with family gifts as well as his own. Many of the pieces were taken from the royal Temples of Tel El Amarna. To get example the priceless noble throne on display in the Egyptian Museum shows King Tut being anointed by his wife with a background of the Sun God Aten, the symbol of his dad Akhenaten's heresy. Tutankhamun completely renounced his father's instruction but carried the emblems to his grave with the artifacts left in his tomb.
A lot of the glazed vases and sceptres plainly belonged to his dad's reign. Some of the funerary objects were proven to have happened for Semnekh-Ka-Ra, Akhenaten's son-in-law and co-regent. This included one of the larger shrines, some of the mummy ornaments and the mini canopic coffins.
This is a sign that the tomb was used in a hurry because of this of the King's sudden loss of life at a young age group. It is clear the there was clearly no time to finish the tomb. This is unlikely if it is ever going to be known exactly if the King died accidentally or was murdered. Seems like from forensics carried away that he likely perished from a blow to your head.
If it is proven that the young Pharaoh was murdered, it raises another question regarding who was guilty? Was it his tutor Attention, who probably married his wife after his loss of life. Or was it Standard Haremhab (Horemheb) who desired the throne and grabbed it from the blue-bloods at the outset of the 19th Empire? We will likely never know.
Avril Betts CHA - I am an owner of A-Z Excursions and Action Travel with my partner Khaled Azzam. We are travel and tour specialists. Plus in the travel business for over 30 years and are experts in custom tours to any destination and Khaled is an Egyptologist expert in Egypt tours.