TUTANKHAMEN
About 3,300 years ago, Tutankhamen was king of Egypt. He was not one of the great rulers of Egypt. He was only 10 when he became pharaoh and only 19 when he died . As a ruler he couldn't hold anything against the priests and nobles. Also he couldn't make any decisions himself . His accomplishment was to add to the splendor of the temples built to the god, Amen. He wasn't famous because of the things he did .He is famous because of the lovely, rich treasures found in his tomb.
Almost nothing had been taken from King Tut's tomb before it was discovered in 1992 by Howard Carter. Most of his treasure is now displayed in the Cairo Museum in Egypt.
ICE MAN!!!!
On the 19th of September 1991 some German climbers on holiday in the Alps made an extraordinary discovery while walking along a glacier. They thought they saw a doll's head sticking out of the ice. When they went over to investigate it was a real human's head and shoulders. They reported to police who promised to investigate. Later a policeman arrived at the scene. He tried to free the body with a jackhammer but damaged it a lot. The body lay in the ice for 5 days until finally a forensic expert Dr Rainer Henn arrived from a close university . By the time he got there, the explorer had discovered an axe and a stone knife. Dr Henn took one look and realised the body wasn't a modern body so Dr Henn called in his friend Konrad Spindkran, an archeaologist who said that it was 4000 years old but a different university proved that it was 5300. ''It was a great discovery'' he remarked .
Greenland Mummies
Greenland is one of the world`s most northern countries. For long months, the sun nearly disappears from its frozen shores. Its icy waters and fogs settle over the deserted settlement on Qilakitsoq on the Western coast. About once every winter Eskimos used to come here to hunt.
In October 1972 , the two brothers Hans and Jokum Gronvold set out on a hunting expedition near the old ruined Qilakitsoq. While the brothers were climbing the rough and rugged mountain slopes to the west of the settlement they saw two strange looking flat rocks, which looked as if they had been put there on purpose. Hans Gronvold pulled one aside and found what seemed to be a fresh dead corpse!
The Gronvold brothers ran for help and returned with friends to investigate. Soon they had uncovered the bodies of a little boy and three women. The bodies were wrapped in sealskin and were hidden in a chamber that was about one metre deep. Three more women and a bundle of clothes were found in a second grave near by. And the saddest thing they found was a baby that looked like a little doll, except it was eyeless but it had a fringe of black hair.
Hans Gronvold took photos of the mummies and hurried away to report their discovery but nobody seemed interested and the photos were put in a file and forgotten about very quickly.
In 1977 a new director was given the job. His name was Jens Rosing. He opened the file and had some interest in it. He sent out a team of archaeologists to these graves and soon the mummies were taken to Denmark for further examination and preservation by experts.