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The tomb of king Tutenkhamen better know as King Tut, has raised many questions over the years, what killed the young king, and what's the weird1 stuff on the walls, since the tomb was opened in 1922, tourists have peered the elaborately painted walls, and some strange brown stain.
Are the brown spots caused by the contamination from visitors, are they the threatening the paintings, or the health of the tourists?The Egyptians Supreme2 council of antiquities3 ask the G conservation institute, they in turn pose the questions to Harvard microbiologist R.M his lab culture material from spots, and sequenced its DNA4, it turns out the brown marks contains M, byproduct of fungus5 metabolism6, but the fungus is no longer alive, and the photos shows that the spot haven't grown in the past almost 90 years, M think this evidence indicates that King Tut was buried in a hurry. because the paint on the wall was still wet, and the moisture along with the body, and the food buried there, would've fed the wall fungus, until the tomb ultimately dried out.
but why they hasty the funeral. just another intrigue7 surrounding the boy king.
1 weird | |
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的 | |
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2 supreme | |
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的 | |
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3 antiquities | |
n.古老( antiquity的名词复数 );古迹;古人们;古代的风俗习惯 | |
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4 DNA | |
(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸 | |
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5 fungus | |
n.真菌,真菌类植物 | |
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6 metabolism | |
n.新陈代谢 | |
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7 intrigue | |
vt.激起兴趣,迷住;vi.耍阴谋;n.阴谋,密谋 | |
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