Who Was King Tut 图坦卡蒙法老 Chapter 11 Meeting the King

King Tut was lucky. Until Howard Carter entered his burial chamber¹, his mummy had never been disturbed. For more than three thousand years, no one had laid eyes on it.
In the Burial Chamber, the first thing Carter saw was a gigantic² gold cabinet. Inside of that was a great stone box. And inside of that was the outer mummy case. All three beautiful mummy cases fit together very tightly³. The innermost one was solid gold—more than two hundred pounds of it.
THE MUMMY WITH THREE NESTING MUMMY CASES
When Howard Carter raised its lid, there it was: the cloth-covered mummy of the king. Carter took off the gold mask placed over it. He described it as one of the most beautiful pieces of artwork he had ever seen.
Then he carefully peeled away strips of cloth. At last came the most thrilling moment of all. He was face-to-face with Tut. The pharaoh’s face still looked young and calm and peaceful.
Nearby was a chest made of white stone called alabaster⁴. Inside were the jars holding the organs of the pharaoh. The ones the priests⁵ had removed from his body so long ago. Each jar had a stopper with a head of a god on it.
The treasures of Tut’s tomb were sent to a museum in Cairo, Egypt. But Howard Carter did not send the king’s mummy there. It stayed in the royal burial chamber, right where it belonged. That is where it remains⁶ now . . . in peace.

1 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

2 gigantic   

adj.巨大的，巨人似的

参考例句：

• He has a gigantic appetite and eats gigantic meals.他有很大的食量，能吃很多的食物。
• The earth may be thought of as a gigantic magnet.整个地球可以想像为一块硕大无朋的磁石。

3 tightly   

adv.紧紧地，坚固地，牢固地

参考例句：

• My child holds onto my hand tightly while we cross the street.横穿马路时，孩子紧拉着我的手不放。
• The crowd pressed together so tightly that we could hardly breathe.人群挤在一起，我们几乎喘不过气来。

4 alabaster   

adj.雪白的；n.雪花石膏；条纹大理石

参考例句：

• The floor was marble tile,and the columns alabaster.地板是由大理石铺成的，柱子则是雪花石膏打造而成。
• Her skin was like alabaster.她的皮肤光洁雪白。

5 priests   

n.（基督教和罗马天主教的）神父( priest的名词复数 )；牧师；（非基督教会的）教士；祭司

参考例句：

• the ordination of women priests 女司祭的授职礼
• The clergy remain divided on the issue of women priests. 在女性教士的问题上，牧师们意见不一。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。