Question

(i) List the deeds that led Ray Johnson to describe Akhenaten as “wacky”.
(ii) What were the results of the CT scan?
(iii) List the advances in technology that have improved forensic analysis.
(iv) Explain the statement, “King Tut is one of the first mummies to be scanned — in death, as in life...”

Answer 1

(i)According to Ray Johnson Akhenten was wacky because: - He promoted the worship of Aten instead of Amun. - He moved the religious capital from Thebes to the new city of Akhetaten. - He smashed Amun's images. - He closed Amun's temples. - He changed his name to Akhenaten or servant of Aten.
(iii)Today C.T. technology helps us to take hundreds of X-ray images in cross-sections. They can be put together like slices of bread to create three dimensional virtual body. This provides precise data for an accurate forensic reconstruction.
(iv)The above statement refers that there are hundreds of mummies in Egypt. But Tut's is the first to be scanned. He remains the first even in death, as he was the first among his countrymen when he lived. He was a ruler, an emperor.