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Tomb Discovery

Published on Nov 18, 2015

A medium-length information deck on old king tut

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Tomb Discovery

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FLINDERS PETRIE

FIRST REAL EGYPTOLOGIST OF HIS TIME

H. CARTER

TAUGHT EGYPTOLOGY BY FLINDERS PETRIE

THE DISCOVERY

KING TUT IS FOUND

The tomb:

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The tomb layout

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THIS IS HOW INFLUENCED WE ARE BY THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS.

How many layers of shrine and sarcophagus were there on the body of Tutankhamun?

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7 ALTOGETHER

Was Howard Carter looking for Tutankhamun's tomb?

NO!

THEODORE DAVIS WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE FOUND IT FIRST

HE, THEODORE DAVIS, EVEN SAID:

HOW

DID THE ANCIENT EGYPTANS THINK OF TUT?
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AS JUST ANOTHER KING

WAS IT

CARTER'S DECISION TO DO THE JOB?

NO!

HE WAS EMPLOYED BY LORD CARNARVON.

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