TextBook Solutions for Uttarakhand Board Class 11 English Hornbill Chapter 3 Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues

Give reasons for the following:

King Tut’s body has been subjected to repeated scrutiny.

Give reasons for the following:

Howard Carter’s investigation was resented.

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Carter had to chisel away the solidified resins to raise the king’s remains.

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Tut’s body was buried along with gilded treasures.

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The boy king changed his name from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun.

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List the deeds that led Ray Johnson to describe Akhenaten as “wacky”.

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What were the results of the CT scan?

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List the advances in technology that have improved forensic analysis.

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Explain the statement, “King Tut is one of the first mummies to be scanned — in death, as in life ...”

Discuss the following in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.

1. Scientific intervention is necessary to unearth buried mysteries.

2. Advanced technology gives us conclusive evidence of past events.

3. Traditions, rituals and funerary practices must be respected.

4. Knowledge about the past is useful to complete our knowledge of the world we live in.