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             Archaeologists had to begin their explorations very carefully. They had to dig and excavate very carefully as though not to disturb any of the soil. If they made one wrong move, they could ruin a piece of art, or any other part of the mummified pharaoh. If they are not careful with the mummy, then they could break of a piece of the mummy, as it is very fragile. Most archaeologists get up at dawn to begin their excavations.
             Howard Carter was one of the most famous archaeologists in the world. It took Carter only three days to discover the first step leading to King Tut's tomb (Bahn 241). One thing that Carter did when he discovered all of the jewelry within the tomb was number all of the jewelry for "scientific purposes" (James 80).
             Many pyramids were known as burial chambers for dead pharaohs and their loved ones. One very famous exploration that they world knows about is the discovery of King Tutankhamen's tomb. The late King's tomb was left undiscovered for three thousand years (Bahn 240). Howard Carter discovered this in the early 1900's. The discovery of King Tut's tomb was probably the most publicized discovery of all time.
             To preserve the body of the late pharaohs, their bodies were mummified. The first mummification ever found was done by accident. Sand and dirt had gone inside the dead body and preserved it very well. The mummification process derived from this accident. The mummification process was used to take out all of the moisture from the dead pharaoh's body. Priests often were the embalmers of the late pharaohs (Smithsonian 1). "The mummification process took se
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