What problem did Carter face when …

Carter faced many problems when he reached the mummy of King Tut. The resins used to embalm the mummy had hardened, making it difficult to take the body out of the solid gold coffin. So, he decided to place the mummy in the scorching heat to loosen the raisins. But, this did not help at all. Therefore, the body had to be cut. The cut body was then removed in parts and reassembled. The reassembled body was put in a wooden box before it was once again kept in the original place. All this took a lot of time and effort.

Howard Carter, a British archaeologist discovered king Tut's tomb after years of searching in 1922. He found fabulous treasure in the tomb, even though it had been ransacked earlier. The treasure consisted of golden coffin, gold ornaments and even petty things of everyday need. Carter found three nested coffin. In the first, he found the garlands of leaves and flowers, But when he reached the mummy, he ran into trouble. The resins spread below Tut's body had hardened. The coffin was of solid gold. Neither human force nor the scorching sun could loosen the body. So Carter used chisel and hammer to remove the resins. He had little choice. Tut's mummy also had to be removed part by part. Having taken out the gold coffin, the body parts were reassembled, put in a wooden box and placed in the tomb again.