NCERT Solutions for Class 11 English Chapter 3 – Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues

Chapter 3 Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues

UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT ( Chapter 3 Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues)

Q.1 Give reasons for the following.

(i) King Tut’s body has been subjected to repeated scrutiny.

Answer: Tut’s body had been subjected to repeated scrutiny because it was the world’s most famous mummy. Besides the fascination of the gold-plated face of the coffin, the visitors of the tomb believed that there was a mystery regarding the young ruler’s untimely death. They also wondered if pharaoh’s curse that befalls those who disturbed his resting place was indeed true or not.

(ii) Howard Carter’s investigation was resented.

Answer: Howard Carter’s investigation, which was held in the 1920s, was resented because the body of King Tut was badly damaged in an effort to separate it from the golden coffin. He had undertaken unscientific methods to extract the gold and did not make any efforts to study the remains for the cause of death.

(iii) Carter had to chisel away the solidified resins to raise the king’s remains.

Answer: Howard had to chisel away the solidified resin to raise the remains of Tut because it had been cemented to the bottom of the coffin with no sign of getting free from it. No power could separate the body from the coffin, not even putting it out in the boiling hot sun had melted the solid raisin.

(iv)Tut’s body was buried along with gilded treasures.

Answer: Tut’s body was buried along with gold and other treasures because the royals and wealthy people at that time wished and believed that they could carry their wealth with them when they died, to use in the afterlife.

(v) The boy king changed his name from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun. 

Answer: The boy king changed his name from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun because he wanted to restore all that his father had destroyed.

Q.2 (i)  List the deeds that led Ray Johnson to describe Akhenaten as “wacky”.

Answer:  The events that led Ray Johnsen to describe Akhenaten wacky were that he had promoted the worship of Aten (the sun disk) from Amun the major God, changed his name from Amenhotep to Akhenaten, moved the religious capital from Thebes to Akhenaten, and destroyed temples and idols of Amun shocking the whole country.

Q.2 (ii) What were the results of the CT scan?

Answer. The CT Scan showed King Tut’s neck vertebrae, a hand and several views of the rib-cage and a transaction of the skull. All of it showed that nothing had gone seriously wrong.

Q.2 (iii)List the advances in technology that have improved forensic analysis.

Answer: In forensic analysis, the advances in technologies that have shaped the future of archeology are the introduction of medical technology that focuses on the aspects of life and mysteries of death rather than the treasure buried with the remains. The x-ray was invented, followed by CT scanner through which diagnostic imaging could be done. It projects a three-dimensional virtual body from ancient remains to reveal parts of the body that were preserved for thousands of years.

Q.2 (iv)Explain the statement. “King Tut is one of the first mummies to be scanned in death, as in life…”

Answer: By this statement, we can see that King Tut was indeed the first pharaoh whose mummified body was scanned 3,300 years after his death. He was a prominent figure when he was alive. Even if he was just a boy, he was intelligent and practical-minded, making bold decisions and restored the lost customs and traditions which were destroyed by his father. He ruled for nine years but his death was unexpected, leading to the mystery surrounding the cause.

NCERT Solutions for Class 11 English Chapter 3 – Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues