Charlotte

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Oral Presentation by Charlotte
Topic: Thutmose III

** When, where and how was the body found? ** Thutmose III was found Deir el-Bahri Cache  above the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut in Egypt in 1881. At first it was thought that the body was first unwrapped by Gaston Maspero in 1886, but in actual fact it was unwrapped first by Emile Brugsh who was the Egyptologist that supervised the excavation of the mummies in 1881. **// The inside of Thutmose III’s tomb

Deir el-Bahri temple plan where Thutmose III was found. //** G Eliot Smith examined the Thutmose III and found that he measured 5 foot and 3.8 inches in height. However Thutmose III’s feet are missing and therefore he would be taller, then people perceive him to be. When Thutmose III mummy was found it was in very poor condition as it had been damaged by tomb robbers. Also his wrappings had been cut and torn by the Rassul family who had found the mummy a few years before. Thutmose III face was in good condition however and examiners found that his forehead was low, his eyes were sunken in, his jaw was heavy, and his lips thick as well as his cheekbones prominent.  //**The skull of Thutmose III **// How the person died ** It is uncertain exactly how Thutmose III died but it was most probably a natural cause of death. ** The reason the body was preserved. ** Thutmose III was persevered due to the ancient Egyptian process of mummification. Mummification began by washing the dead body with a solution of natron. After this the internal organs would be taken out and dried, rinsed and bandaged before being places in canopic jars. Then dry natron would be moulded over the body and the body would be left to dehydrate for 40 days. Once the body had dried out completely the body cavity would be restuffed and filled with bags of natron, bandages soaked in resin and sweet smelling aromatics. The body would be covered in resin and then totally covered in bandages. Bandaging the body would take around 15 days, and the whole mummification process took around 70 days. The body was preserved because it was dried out and because of the hot dry conditions it was kept in.   //**Ancient Egyptian mummification
 * A description of the body as it is today **

[] **// Various scientific methods have been used to study the remains of Thutmose III such as: · CAT scans · X-Ray ‘s to form a digital images of what’s inside · CT scans · DNA Testing What has been learnt about the past from the study of the body? ** <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore;">·  By studying Thutmose III’s tomb it has been learnt that he <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">died on Year 54, III Peret day 30 of his reign after ruling Egypt for 53 years, 10 months, and 26 days. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Because of DNA testing it can be seen who Thutmose III’s family was. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore;">· It can also be seen that Pharaoh’s had very good diets.
 * Scientific methods that have been used to study the remains **

//Family Tree of Thutmose III// **__ Bibliography __** Dunn J 2008. //Cover Story, Thutmose III. //Retrieved: March 8, 2009 from __http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/tuthmosis3.htm__ // Thutmose III // 2008. Retrieved: March 8, 2009 from __http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/thutmose.html__ // Egyptology Online, The Mummification Process // 2008. Retrieved: March 8 2009 from __http://www.egyptologyonline.com/mummification.htm__ // Interior of Thutmose III’s Tomb // 2002. Retrieved: March 8, 2009 from __<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">k53.pbase.com/.../1/ 53886124.EgyptEgypt106.jpg __ // Thutmose III // 2009. Retrieved: March 8, 2009 from <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msothemecolor: text1;">[|www.answers.com/ topic/thutmose-iii] **__ Books __** McCall H, Antram D, Salariya D. 2000, //Egyptian Mummies//, Scholastic Library Pub
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 * This website was fairly useful because it told me about Thutmose III's death and burial and explained how the body was examined. This website is a secondary source and was updated in 2009 therefore the reliabilty of it is increased as i know the information i am receiving is updated and new. However the website does not contain the name of its author and this effects the reliabilty as anyone could've written it and the sources in it may not be factual or true. This website which was written to inform readers about the life of Thutmose III explains what he looks like today, who found the site of his burial, and the damage that was attained to his mummy. This was helpful to me because it helped me answer some of the questions i needed to answer for this assignment. However the website did not go into any real detail about the mummification process and did not explain the scientific methods that have been done to study the mummy. Therefore i had to consult other sources.**
 * This website was moderatley useful because it explained to me the mummification process that had been used by the Ancient Egyptians to preserve the bodies of their dead. The website was a secondary source and also contained no author which hindered its reliability as the information in the website may not have been factual. However the wesbite was updated in 2008 which adds to the authenticity of the information and therefore making it more reliable. This website which was written to inform its readers about the processes of mummifcation, explains the different steps that was taken throughout the mummifcation process such as the embalming of the body, the wrapping of the body and the covering of the body with a solution of natron. This was helpful to me because it helped me answer the question of why the body was preserved. However this source was limited in its usefulness because it was only helpful in one aspect of my assignment and therfore i had to consult other sources.**