高中人教版英语选修8教学案：Unit 5 Section Ⅰ Warming Up Reading — Pre-reading(含答案).docxVIP

It has long been known the ancient Egyptian rulers, or pharaohs (法老), were buried with great ceremony and lavish (大量的) treasures that were to be used in the other world.Unfortunately, until 1922 no remains of any of the pharaohs or their treasures had ever been found. In that year, however, an archaeologist named Howard Carter and his sponsor, Lord Carnavon, were at last successful. They found the tomb of King Tutankhamen, who was buried 3,200 years ago. King Tuts tomb was the first fully preserved burial site to be uncovered in Egypts Valley of the Kings. The two men found the tomb to contain