The Shadow King: The Bizarre Afterlife of King Tut's Mummy
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (747 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0306821338 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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Smithsonian Magazine, June 2013 A thoughtful account of the post-unearthing life of the famous royalan entertaining, lively bookshe also interjects common sense, science and authentic history into her accountIn the context of Marchant’s book, the initial discovery fades: Real insight lies in the layers that time and new technologies reveal about the king and his nation.”
Archaeologist Howard Carter had discovered the boy-king’s tomb, and the soon-to-be famous mummy’s story—even more dramatic than King Tut’s life—began.The mummy’s “afterlife” is a modern story, not an ancient one. From the glamorous treasure hunts of the 1920s to today’s high-tech scans in volatile modern Egypt, Marchant introduces us to the brilliant and sometimes flawed people who have devoted their lives to revealing the mummy’s secrets, unravels the truth behind the hyped-up TV documentaries, and explains what science can and can’t tell us about King Tutankhamun.. After resting undisturbed for more than three millennia, King Tut’s mummy was suddenly awakened in 1922. Award-winning science writer Jo Marchant traces the mummy’s story from its first brutal autopsy in 1925 to the most recent arguments over its DNA. More than 3,000 years ago, King Tutankhamun’s desiccated body was lovingly wrapped and sent into the future as an immortal god
Glen V. Mcintyre said Undying King. The fascination in the life and mummy of King Tutankhamun never seems to go away. This very interesting book tells more about his death and burial than his life-which is just as well as his life still has a lot of mysteries connected with it. His mummy seems to have gone through enough trials for ten kings. With all his body has gone through you would think that somebody would have been cursed by the dead King's spirit by now. This is a well written book and definitely worth the time for those of . Engaging Read Amazon Customer Heard about this book from an episode of the Jon Batchelor show. Listened to it at 9AM this morning, bought the book and have just finished it 12 hours later. Having had a long-withstanding fascination with archaeology I found the book to be a refreshing and uncharacteristically unbiased page turner.. "So glad i bought this." according to ez22908. Loving this book. It has such amazing detail you even some things I haven't read before.