Chapter 5: The Autopsy Of Tutankhamen

The work I chose to analyze was from a wall fragment from the tomb of Ameneemhet and wife Hemet called Mummy Case of Paankhenamun, found in the Art Institute of Chicago. The case of the Mummy Paankhenamun is one of the most exquisite pieces of art produced by the Egyptian people during the time before Christ. This coffin belonged to a man named Paankhenamun, which translates to “He Lives for Amun” (Hornblower & Spawforth 74). Paankhenamun was the doorkeeper of the temple of the god Amun, a position he inherited from his father.

King Tut's died because he had a diseases on his left foot and he also had malaria a diseases an insect that carries. The scientists found out when they did a CT scan which occured in 2005. They found out that King Tut had a broken leg that never got healthy, these findings explain why he had to use 130 walking sticks and canes that were discovered with Tut's

The ancient Egyptians were a civilization who were consumed with the idea of life and bringing life to death. The most notable illustration of this is idea of life in death is King Tutankhamun’s Death Mask. The mask itself presents an image of the youthful pharaoh along with its celebration of death in Egyptians culture. This mask represents the point of artistic and technological achievement in Egypt in the New Kingdom. It also shows use of symbolism and iconography of Egyptian high complex culture and religion. In addition, the mask was used to protect and aid his journey to the afterlife. It accomplished this beautiful representation of life and death by its style of elegance.

My overall opinion on how King Tut died is he got killed in battle. I think he got really mad at the Hittites, because the Hittites and Egypt were enemies.

King Tutankhamun's death is believed to be of the the most fascinating mysteries in ancient Egypt. In an attempt to find an answer, plenty of different theories were created to explain how he died. It is however, believed that his death was caused by leg infection. Some popular theories include murder (by Ay and Horemheb) and as mentioned, leg infection. The question is, how did King Tutankhamun die?

The second theory is that King Tut might have died from a illness. Scientists did DNA tests on the remains of King Tut and they discovered that King Tut suffered from a bone disease called Avascular Bone Necrosis. This disease causes the bones to be deprived of their necessary blood supply. Some proof that he may have suffered from this is that in his tomb, they discovered many canes that he may have used because of his condition.

Even though they found King Tutankhamun, and his children's remains, his death is still one of the biggest mysteries in Egyptian history. Some sources think that he was severely burned in a chariot crash, others think his chest injuries were caused by a kick from a horse. Although, CT scans were eventually done that showed a skull injury that happened during the embalming process and a severe leg injury that suggests he badly broke his leg before dying; how did King Tut really

King Tut died from Malaria in his bone tissue and there's lots of evidence that supports it. Scientist have determined that King Tut had malaria combined with a weak bone condition. Maria was a blood condition that cause the organs to shut down in the body and that kind of what happened with the weak bone. According to the article from the NY Times, “Studies have shown that several other mummies had Malaria in their DNA” and they died. Malaria was a common condition in ancient Egypt. Scientist have now determined that King Tut had malaria combined in his bone tissue and his bones were weak.

In conclusion, there has not yet been a definite cause of death for King Tut, but studies and tests performed on the mummy body mostly point to infection as his cause of death. He died at a very young age, however the medications and technology was not there like it is today. There will continue to be studies and testing done, but there will always only be speculation because he died so long ago.

Nelson asserts that the rumor of the mummy’s curse was incited by the media soon after the sudden death of Lord Carnarvon. He compared the lifespan of all twenty-four men who went into the tomb, and found that the average lifespan was seventy years old versus the standard of seventy-five years. Silverman also states that he agrees with Nelson over the fact that the newspapers were the reason for the rumor, and that, even if this does not rule out the fact of a curse, there was not a curse on King Tutankhamun’s tomb. This supplements Luckhurst’s statement that the media was widely responsible for the curse and adds the detail that on the tomb of King Tutankhamun, which is widely renown for being the origin of the curse, did not actually have

Things that are valuable to us can be things that are old or that have family value and some of the values can also come from our memories. Some of the values that we have, might not be bought with money. There are many treasures in the world but it is all in the person.Everyone has a different perspective of what something valuable can be to them. When people who have the chance to get anything they want, they don’t seem to value everything they have but when you compare it to a person who doesn’t have the chance to get everything they find even the smallest things valuable to them.

A mummy is a dead person ( or animal) that has been preserved after death. They are any egyptian that can afford paying for an expensive process of preserving their bodies. They believed they that when they died they would be brought to another world by the gods and resume their life there. The egyptians thought the heart was the centre of intelligence and emotion so they left the heart in the in the body. It took 70 days to embalm a body. It took a very long time from start to finish.Canopic Jars were used by ancient Egyptians to hold mummified remains.

When Tutankhamen took power, he married Ankhesenamun, his half sister and the daughter of Akhenaten. It is known that the young couple had two daughters, both likely to have been stillborn. The first years of his reign were probably controlled by an elder

In Chapter three, Carnarvon and Carter find the tomb of Tutankhamen. It takes a total of six seasons to finish the excavation due to complications other than the site itself. These complications including workers that were untrustworthy, the government implementing new rules, newspapers fighting over who gets the story first, and natives upset with the foreigners excavating the site. Carter decided it was best to narrow it down to just one journalist to exclusively report the site, he chose the Times, which didn't go over well with other reporters. A few years later he decided to add a local paper that could report new news about the excavation the following day. In previous chapters there were issues of incorrect documentation of artifacts.

King Tutankhamun was born in 1341 BCE and died in 1323 BCE. He died at a very young age and his cause of death remained a secret. King Tutankhamun’s father King Akhenaten was disliked by all the people of Egypt. He had removed all the multi gods from Egypt and left the general population to accept just a single god. After his father King Akhenaten died, young King Tutankhamun had to rule the empire, but he didn’t get to rule the ancient empire because he died early. But how did he die?