Chapter 1: The Family of King Tutankhamen Father King Tutankhamen's father is King Akhenaten. King Akhenaten is believed to be the ruler of Egypt before King Tutankhamen was pharaoh. One important event that happened while King Akhenaten was pharaoh was when he made Egyptians worship only one god, Aten, instead of worshipping many gods. Before changing his name, King Akhenaten's real name was Amenhotep.…
Early Life King Tutankhamun was born in 1341 B.C. Tutankhamun means,''the living image of Aten''. In his time, ancient Egypt was going through a great social and political upheaval, meaning sudden changes. Tutankhamen's father was forbidden to worship other gods in favor of one of the gods, Aten. This is why they call his father the "heretic king".…
Police cars and ambulances trucks sirens blasting in the background of terrified screams and guns being fired. The snow on the ground was covers with footprints mixed with blood. I could see everything that was going on behind us. Creatures that nothing I've seen before where coming from within the apartment complex that we just came out of, they had misshapen bodies, gigantic sharp teeth, claws and freakishly large eyes and tails and some where flying above us. The man who was behind us was picked up by one of those hellish creatures, it took him high in the air before letting him go, he screamed out a woman's name before landing head first.…
While harvesting peat soil for plants, you come upon a body. The body looks like it could have happened a month ago. You question yourself, is this a recent murder scene? However, it is a murder from thousands of years ago.…
Universal Pictures is One of the biggest movie producers out there,and they have made and remade many of their most iconic movies since their beginning in 1912. One of those movies is the 1932 Horror Film “The Mummy” starring one of the greatest actors of all time, Boris Karloff. It even won an academy award for best film in science fiction, horror, and suspense. Due to its success, a remake was bound to happen. In 1999 universal studios did not disappoint when it released “The Mummy” starring Brendan Fraser and Arnold Vosloo as Imhotep.…
Throwing a coin in the Trevi Fountain in Rome, I made a promise to the Numenii to become an archaeologist. My last night in Italy, I stayed awake listening to Florence's Duomo and I knew there was no other option. Living an ocean away from what I love is difficult. I can get close, but never close enough. After reading about the bog bodies of Northern Europe, I wanted to understand bog mummification.…
Tim was looking up things on the internet then he found a word called cartouche. Tim had no idea what that had meant so he asked his friend Bob what is a Cartouche. Bob answer Tim’s question by saying “ A cartouche is a name tag for a pharaoh, and they used the cartouche to tell which pharaoh is which when they are in there mummy case.…
Mummification is a modification of putrefaction characterised by the dehydration of the tissues converting the body into a leathery mass of skin and tendons surrounding the bone. The internal organs are often decomposed but preserved. Skin shrinkage may produce large artefactual splits mimmicking injuries, particularly seen in the groins, around the neck, and the armpits. Mummification develops in conditions of dry heat, especially when there are air currents,e.g. in a desert or inside a chimney. Mummification is commonly seen in new-born infants, being small and sterile.…
The year of 2056 is a big year for us all. Technology has taken a big leap forward and scientists have quite possibly achieved the impossible. One of the scientists, Sally Makinson working with TimeCooperation, has successfully returned from the past after a week of having disappeared from our present time. After really being in Ancient Egypt, seeing exactly what it was like back then, Time magazine has made sure to be one of the first to interview Mackinson and get all the juicy details. Read the next few pages to find out exactly what it was like to travel back in time and really see Egypt like it was back then.…
A clown is one of the most scary things, making it the perfect Halloween costume. Clowns are real, unlike monsters or zombies. Clowns are at birthday parties, carnivals, and other social events usually entertaining kids. No one ever knows what is behind a clown's red nose, what really is under all that makeup, or how they did that impossible trick. Clowns make real life seem like a fantasy.…
Clowns have been terrorising the country for far too long. The clowns who are dressing up to lure children and women into the woods, chased people with weapons, and stood in front of cars to get them to stop have been taking this scare to a new level. These clown scares have been taking too far and now professional clowns are taking the blame for these fake clowns. This has cause an even bigger bad relationship with clowns. Clown sightings have caused a lot of commotion, which can lead to an increase of terrifying ideas.…
Many of us have seen scary movies about zombies and mummies, but which is scarier? That’s easy—a zombie is more frightening than a mummy. A zombie is faster, has a scarier appearance, and is a bigger threat to humans. Speed can be a scary characteristic, because naturally, when we are faced with a problem (such as a monster), our instinct is to fight or flight. If we choose flight, speed can be the determining factor between life, and death.…
The Pyramids are filled with mysteries, such as the real reason they were built, who built them, and many more. Some say the Pyramids were built for Pharaohs and others say that they were built as an alien spaceship. Many say, that the pyramids were built by groups of men, up to 10,000 at a time. Others say that they were built with the large groups, however the men were all under the control of a God.…
As I was growing up, my cousins had told me a clown was under my bed, they claimed that it was waiting there until my feet dangled, and then would pull me under in the middle of the night. Not knowing it was a joke, I deduced it was true. From that day on, I never slept without looking under my bed. I…
Iraq is a country that has seen both beauty and turmoil over its extensive time period. Mesopotamia is referred as the ‘cradle of civilization’ because of the growth of the city and the interest in writing. Mesopotamia was located in today’s Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey. This time of development, while it left a lasting impression on the world, was only short lived. The twentieth century was the beginning of the end of Iraq’s movement towards full development.…