Class 11 English

Chapter 3 Solutions — Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues

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Step-by-step NCERT solutions for Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues (Chapter 3, NCERT Class 11 English) — every question and answer worked out in full, not just the final result. You can also read the Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues textbook chapter.

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All 12 questions in Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues are solved in the PDF. Here's what's inside, exercise by exercise:

Understanding the Text

1.
Give reasons for the following.
- (i) King Tut's body has been subjected to repeated scrutiny.
- (ii) Howard Carter's investigation was resented.
- (iii) Carter had to chisel away the solidified resins to raise the king's remains.
- (iv) Tut's body was buried along with gilded treasures.
- (v) The boy king changed his name from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun.
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 ...'

Talking about the Text

Scientific intervention is necessary to unearth buried mysteries.
Advanced technology gives us conclusive evidence of past events.
Traditions, rituals and funerary practices must be respected.
Knowledge about the past is useful to complete our knowledge of the world we live in.

Thinking about Language

Read the piece of information from The Encyclopedia of Language by David Crystal about the Egyptian language (from the textbook). [Reading comprehension passage — no separate answer required for Q1.]
What do you think are the reasons for the extinction of languages?
Do you think it is important to preserve languages?
In what ways do you think we could help prevent the extinction of languages and dialects?

Working with Words

1.
Given below are some interesting combinations of words. Explain why they have been used together.
- (i) ghostly dust devils
- (ii) desert sky
- (iii) stunning artefacts
- (iv) funerary treasures
- (v) scientific detachment
- (vi) dark-bellied clouds
- (vii) casket grey
- (viii) eternal brilliance
- (ix) ritual resins
- (x) virtual body
Here are some commonly used medical terms. Find out their meanings. CT scan, MRI, tomography, autopsy, dialysis, ECG, post mortem, angiography, biopsy

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