HOWARD CARTER 2. Howard Carter work as a ARCHAEOLOGIST
3. who paid Howard Carter for the exploration?
LORD CARNARVON
4. where he found the tomb?
VALLEY OF THE KINGS
5. when they entered into the tomb?
ON 17 FEBRUARY 1923
6. whose tomb they discovered?
THE TOMB OF PHARAOH
7. what is the term used for an Egyptian ruler?
PHAROAH 8. how many things was inside the tomb? 5389 DIFFERENT ITEMS
9. how long does it took for Carter to record all
the items? 10 YEARS
10. who ruled Egypt around 1300 BCE?
TUTANKHAMUN
11. how old he was when he died?
18 YEARS OLD
12. they buried him INSIDE 3 GOLD COFFINS AND
THESE WERE PUT INSIDE AN EXTRA COFFIN MADE OF STONE. NEXT TO HOS BODY WAS A HUGE FAN MADE FROM OSTRICH FEATHERS 13. why they buried utensils and other things together with the tomb? THE TUTANKHAMUN MIGHT NEED IN THE AFTERLIFE
14. the knife is made from METEORITE
15. what is meteorite?
A SOLID PIECE OF ROCK WHICH HAS COME FROM OUTER SPACE
16. why they think tutankhamun’s tomb is
important? HE RULED EGYPT WHEN HE WAS IN GREAT POWER AND DEFEAT NUBIANS AND KEEP EGYPT STRONG
17. how did tutankhamun died?
BECAUSE OF EPILEPSY 18. Why the discovery of the tomb is important? HELPED US TO LEARN MUCH MORE ABOUT ANCIENT EGYPTIANS AND HOW THEY MIGHT HAVE LIVED
19. what happened after the tomb was opened?
LORD CARNARVON AND PEOPLE INVOLVED IN FINDING AND OPENING THE TOMB DIED
20. what do people around the world did after
they discovered about the tomb? THEY WORE DRESSES LIKE EGYPTIANS, WRITTEN A POP SONG ABOUT EGYPT AND KING TUT