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- The Curse of the Mummy
Vocabulary Preview Match each word or phrase with the correct definition. 1. infect a. to wail; to cry 2. howl b. to maintain; to protect 3. leap c. to contaminate with disease-producing matter 4. swift d. to tamper with; to despoil 5. violate e. agile; fast 6. preserve f. to jump Pre-Reading Questions Think about the following questions. 1. What do you know about mummies and mummification? 2. Who do you think should be allowed to excavate ancient sites? 3. What dangers might archaeologists encounter when searching ancient sites? The Curse of the Mummy Strange & Unusual 2 U N I T 1 12 5 10 15 20 25 The Curse of the Mummy “D eath shall come on swift wings to him who disturbs the peace of the king.” Carved in stone, these are the words Howard Carter was reported to have seen as he entered the tomb of King Tutankhamun, the famous pharaoh who ruled Egypt from 1333 to 1325 BC. Egyptian sepulchers, like that of King Tutankhamun, contain curses to frighten those who would violate the tombs, and in what has come to be known as the curse of the mummy, it is believed that tragedy and death befall those who disturb the graves of Egyptian kings. In the 1930s, the belief in a mummy’s curse was rekindled after the deaths of Carter’s colleagues. In 1891, Howard Carter, a young archaeologist from England, went to Egypt to study ancient Egyptian culture and to try to locate the unopened tomb of an ancient Egyptian king. Because Egyptian kings were buried with gold and other valuable items, by the end of the 19 th century most tombs in the Valley of the Kings had been plundered. Therefore, many archaeologists believed that there was nothing left to excavate. Carter, however, believed there was at least one more undiscovered tomb, and he wanted to find it. The great burial chambers in the Valley of the Kings contained the wrapped bodies of pharaohs, as well as items Egyptians believed would aid the kings in their next life. Before being interred for the afterlife, the bodies of the kings were carefully preserved by a process of embalming called mummification. When a body was mummified, the internal organs and brains were removed and stored in large jars; then the skin, muscles, and bones were covered in a special salt for three months. At the end of three months, after the salt absorbed the water from the body, the body was wrapped in pieces of cotton soaked in resin, the liquid from pine trees. Through this process, the bodies of Egyptian kings have been preserved for thousands of years, and bodies that undergo this embalming process are called mummies. After years of working in Egypt and studying 4 sepulcher --- a vault for burial; a tomb 8 rekindle --- to revive 13 plunder --- to rob; to despoil 14 excavate --- to uncover or expose by digging; to unearth 18 inter --- to entomb; to lay to rest; to bury 19 embalm --- to preserve; to mummify Download 0.55 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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