The Shadow King (45 page)

Teeth

genetic studies on royal mummies, 114–117

Harris’s genetic research, 113

Hatshepsut project, 177–178, 178(fn)

Leek’s examination of, 95, 102–103

Tutankhamun’s, 158

Terrorism, 161–162

Testicles, 99, 115

Tewfik, 19–20

Textiles

autopsy of Tutankhamun, 64, 67, 70–71

KV55 mummy, 92

mummification process, 82

preservation of body parts, 81

Tutankhamun’s tomb, 43, 45

Theban Mapping Project, 111, 215

Third Dynasty, 81

Thutmose I

discovery of, 13

DNA research, 135, 175–176

Hatshepsut and, 170

misidentification, 116

secret tomb, 8

Thutmose II, 13, 170

Thutmose III, 13, 17, 21–22, 135, 170–171

Thutmose IV, 22–23, 92

Timmann, Christian, 193, 193(fn)

Tiy, 147

Tiye

blood group, 109

discovery of, 26

DNA research on Tutankhamun and family, 135, 188

Egypt’s strength under, 27

identification of, 118

identifying the Elder Lady, 120–121

Yuya and Tjuiu find, 25

Tjuiu

appearance of the mummy, 81–82

cephalometric studies, 115

death by malaria, 193

discovery of, 25, 29

disease and weakness, 189

DNA research on Tutankhamun and family, 185, 188

identification procedures, 116, 118

X-ray data, 120

Tomb (Tutankhamun)

annex excavation, 77–79

Anubis statue guarding the treasury, 75–76

curse myth, 144

excavation and artifacts, 39–43, 55–57

inventory, 79–80

postwar destruction, 95–99

treasury, 50, 75–77

World War II tourism, 98(fn)

The Tomb of Tutankhamun (Carter), 219(fn)

Tourism, 6–8, 44–45, 50, 232–233

Trade in antiquities, 8–10, 98

Transvaal Speleological Society, 141

The Treasure in The Forest (Wells), 54

Trinket box, 177

Trumpets, 85–86, 85(fn), 224–225

Tuberculosis, 202

Tutankhamen: The Golden Hereafter (exhibit), 161–162

Tutankhamun (individual)

Akhenaten’s death, 27

association with Osiris, 62

biblical and Qur’anic connections, 125–128, 130–131

building construction, 214

controversy over character and strength of, 213–222

Derry’s analysis of, 233

disease and weakness, 189, 191–194

funeral procession, 55–57

historical information, 45–46

murder theory, 145–149

mystery of, 238

personal possessions, 78–79

reburial of Akhenaten, 29

speculations about the fate of, 45–46

See also Death (Tutankhamun)

Tutankhamun (mummy)

Amenhotep III, Yuya, and Tjuiu blood group data, 109

autopsy, 63–74

blood group testing, 103–104

Carter’s search and excavation, 34–43

CT scan, 153–160

current exhibit, 231–233

damage by Carter and Derry, 128

Deir el-Bahri excavation, 31

DNA research, 132, 135, 183–188, 197, 205–208, 226–227

embalming process, 158

excavation of, 58

Hawass disentombing, 151–152

identifying the fetus, 120, 120(fn)

Karnak inscription, 41

litigation over access to, 59–60

location of the penis, 4, 70, 99, 99, 158, 182, 191

recreating the face, 160–161

reinterpreting CT data, 215–217

removal to glass case, 181–182

sarcophagus and coffins, 60–62

threats to safety of, 244–245

Tutmania, 121–124

X-ray data, 92–95, 101–102, 104–107, 120

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs (exhibit), 162

Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs (exhibit), 179

Tutankhamun: The Living Image of God (Gadalla), 131(fn)

Tutankhaten. See Tutankhamun

Tutmania, 44–45, 121–124

Twentieth Dynasty, 8(fn), 18, 22

Twenty-first Dynasty, 13–14, 18, 22

Tyndale, Walter, 26(fn)

Unguents, 66–67, 67(fn)

Unwrapping ceremonies, 19–20

Uranium, 140, 141(fn)

Urungwe Reserve, Zimbabwe, 141–143

Valley of the Kings, 7–8, 111

antiquities trade, 8–10

Carnarvon concession, 30–32

KV35, 21–24

KV55, 26–27

KV60, 174–175

layout of, 10–11

looting during World War II, 86

Yuya and Tjuiu find, 25–26

See also Amarna cache; Deir el-Bahri

Vandenberg, Philipp, 140

Victoria (Queen of England), 46–47

Von Däniken, Erich, 140

Walking sticks, 191

Wasef, Sally, 207(fn)

Watson, James, 198

Weapons, 67, 79

Webb, Jane Loudon, 52–53

Weeks, Kent, 111–117, 215, 225

Weigall, Arthur, 25, 30, 127

Wells, H.G., 54

Welsh mummy, 87, 89–91, 103

Wente, Ed, 116–118

Wet nurse, 174–175

Wildlife, 34

Wiles, John, 141–142

Willerslev, Eske, 195, 197–198, 201, 209–210

Wilson, Edward, 12

Wilson’s disease, 190

Window technique of DNA sampling, 174–175

Winlock, Herbert, 36, 45, 144–145

Witchdoctors, 141

Women

funeral procession, 55–56

litigation over tomb contents’ access, 59

mummification process, 82–83

See also Ahmose-Nefertari; Elder Lady; Nefertiti; Younger Lady

Wood Jones, Frederic, 65, 82–83

Woodward, Scott, 132–135, 171, 200

World War II, 31–32, 85–86, 85(fn), 86–87, 91(fn), 98

An X-ray Atlas of Royal Mummies (Harris), 120

X-ray technology, 92–93

Akhmim mummies, 132

Amenhotep III, Yuya, and Tjuiu, 108–109

cephalometrics, 114–117

Connolly’s analysis of Tutankhamun, 104–107

fetus, 119–120

genetic studies of royal mummies, 114–117

reinterpreting Tutankhamun, 215

royal mummies, 130

Tutankhamun, 93–95, 101–102, 121

Tutankhamun murder theory, 148

Tutankhamun’s skull abnormalities, 145–146

X-raying the Pharaohs (Harris and Weeks), 116

Y chromosome data, 185, 187, 207–208, 208(fn)

Yoshimura, Sakuji, 135–136

Younger Lady

DNA research on Tutankhamun and family, 135, 184–185, 188

identification of, 117, 117(fn)

identifying as Nefertiti, 165–166

Nefertiti, 244

removal to the Egyptian Museum, 166–167

Yuya

appearance of the mummy, 81–82

biblical connection, 130–131

cephalometric studies, 115

death by malaria, 193

discovery of, 25, 29

disease and weakness, 189

DNA research on Tutankhamun and family, 135, 185, 188

identification procedures, 116

identifying the Elder Lady, 121(fn)

X-ray data, 120

Zink, Albert, 184–188, 197, 202–211, 226, 244