新人教选修8_Unit5_Meeting_your_ancestors-Reading_task.pptVIP

Reading＆Writing Pharaoh Tutankhamun was the most famous of all pharaohs but very unimportant as a ruler as his rule was so short. He ruled for about 8 or 9 years from 1334 to 1325 BC. So we know more about him after his death than we do about his rule when he was alive. The Egyptians believed in life after death. So they got all the goods they wanted to have with them in the next life buried in their tomb. The richer the person, the greater the number of goods. As Tutankhamun was a pharaoh, his tomb was filled with many wonderful treasures. It also contained statues of gods that