Analyze why the discovery of an intact tomb such as Tutankhamun’s was so important
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
1. Tutankhamun’s, the only royal tomb in Egypt to have escaped the total pillaging of looters, has proved invaluable to scholars of the ancient Egypt.
2. The range of objects preserved allowed for study of art, history, cultural practices, and even biology. For example, the tomb still contained textiles, which rarely survive the depredations of time, climate, and grave robbers. It also contained artifacts such as a magnificent golden canopic chest, which held the king’s embalmed internal organs.
3. The chronological range of objects contained in the tomb allowed for a fuller understanding of the shifts in artistic and political trends: the back of the Golden Throne, for example, showed that early in his realm, at least, Tutankhamun was still portrayed in the Amarna style, despite his rejection of Akhenaten’s revolutionary changes.
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