A powerPoint Presentation by

T U James, PGT English, JNV Kalaburagi-2

A.R. Williams : British novelist and journalist. He developed a love for reading at a very young age and in the fourth grade, when an assignment to write their own works of fiction was given, it occurred to him that he too could craft tales for others to enjoy.

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Although A.R. did not pursue this desire right away, he continued to have a voracious appetite for reading from the amazing comics of Spider-Man, The X-Men, and Elf Quest to popular fantasy stories .

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Archaeology

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• Study of ancient and recent human past through material remains.
• Million-year old fossils of the earliest human ancestors
• Analyses remains of the past in pursuit of broad and comprehensive understanding of human culture.
• the scientific study of historic or prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artefacts, inscriptions, monuments, and other such remains, especially those that have been excavated.
• the study of antiquity.

INTRODUCTION

‘Discovering Tut: the saga Continues’ describes the boy king Tut who was the last heir of a very powerful family that ruled Egypt for centuries.

It also describes how a CT scan of Tut’s mummy revealed interesting but startling facts about him.

DISCOVERING TUT: THE SAGA CONTINUES

The lesson also deals with:

• history, science and technology and ancient Egyptian religious beliefs and customs and traditions.
• historical event of King Tut’s death

shrouded in mystery.

• Egyptian religious belief about life after death.
• Their astronomical descriptions and legends

A SHORT SUMMARY OF THE LESSON

‘Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues'

• the mystery surrounding the life and death of Tutankhamun, the last teenage ruler of the powerful Pharaoh dynasty that had ruled Egypt for centuries. ...
• Tut ruled for nine years and then died mysteriously and unexpectedly.
• He was the last of his family’s line, and his funeral brought an end to this powerful dynasty.
• Tut’s father or grandfather, Amenhotep III a powerful pharaoh who ruled for about four decades .
• His son, Amenhotep IV shocked the country by attacking Amun, a major God, smashing his images and closing all his temples. He changed his name to Akhenaten and promoted the worship of Aten or the sun disk.
• After his death, a mysterious ruler, Smenkhkare appeared briefly and exited with hardly a trace.

• Tut took over - changed his name from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun , ‘the living image of Amun’ - restored the old ways.
• Tut ruled for nine years and then died mysteriously and unexpectedly.
• 1922, his tomb was discovered by Howard Carter, a British archaeologist.
• In 1968 an anatomy professor X-rayed the mummy and revealed that Tut’s breastbone and front ribs were missing
• In order to unravel the mystery of his death, King Tut’s mummy was scanned in 2005
• Important clues gathered.

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• The lesson also provides a comprehensive awareness of ancient Egyptian culture. The ancient Egyptians believed that there was life after death. That is why the Pharaohs were buried with the tremendous amount of wealth including things of daily use so that they could use them in their life after death. It was also believed that gold would guarantee their resurrection.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS WORKING ON MUMMY

1. An angry wind stirred up ghostly dust devils….. (page 23, para 1)

personification is used here. The wind is pictured as an angry person stirring up/throwing about things around him.

2. Dark-bellied clouds had scudded across the desert sky all day and now were veiling the stars in casket grey. (page 23. para 1)

• personification is used here. The dark clouds are pictured as dark-bellied persons(could be giants) moving across the sky covering the stars in grey.

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Figurative language used

3. The sun can beat down like a hammer. (Page 23 , para 5)

You get the image of a blacksmith beating the iron material on his anvil into shape. Simile is used here. It shows the intensity of the heat.

4. Just above the entrance to Tut’s tomb stood Orion …….watching over the boy king. (page 28, para 1) Personification is used here. Orion is presented as a guard watching over Tut.

EXPRESSIONS ENRICHING YOUR VOCABULARY

scud –(of clouds) to move quickly across the sky.

e.g. Dark clouds could be seen scudding across the evening sky.

Ransack – to search a place making it untidy and causing damage

e.g. The house had been ransacked by burglars.

Antiquity – the ancient past, an object from the ancient times.

e.g. The statue was brought to Rome in antiquity.

An Egyptian antiquity

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• Resurrection – returning to life again after death.

resurrect (v)

e.g. Christians believe that Jesus Christ resurrected three days

after his death.

• Circumvent – to find a way of avoiding a difficulty or a rule

e.g. They found a way to circumvent the law.

• Eerie – strange, mysterious and frightening e.g. I found the silence at the churchyard really eerie.
• Intriguing- unusual and interesting. e.g.They found his explanation intriguing.
• Wacky – amusing in a crazy way

e.g. He has such wacky ideas.