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King Tut's Tomb Is Opened

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CARTER
Howard Carter had been searching the Valley of the Kings for years before November 4, 1922, partly funded by the Earl of Carnarvon, who was so close to giving up that this was nearly the expedition's final season.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CANOPIC
Canopic jars held a mummy's preserved organs, stomach, lungs, liver, and intestines, each jar stoppered with the head of one of the four sons of the god Horus.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SCARAB
The scarab beetle was a powerful symbol of rebirth in ancient Egypt; amulets shaped like scarabs were tucked into mummy wrappings and placed on the heart to protect the soul in the afterlife.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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About King Tut's Tomb Is Opened

On November 4, 1922, a young water boy on Howard Carter's team cleared sand from a step cut into the rock floor of Egypt's Valley of the Kings, and the crew kept digging until sixteen descending steps revealed a sealed doorway that had not been opened in more than three thousand years. Beyond it lay the nearly intact burial chambers of the boy-pharaoh Tutankhamun: gilded thrones, alabaster canopic jars, painted scrolls, and a solid-gold innermost coffin that astonished the world. The discovery transformed our understanding of ancient Egypt's New Kingdom and set off a wave of fascination with pharaohs, hieroglyphs, and the rituals that were meant to carry a king safely into the afterlife.

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