Tut's Mummy Lost and Found

Does Mommy Lost and Found?

妈妈会去失物招领处吗？

Chapter 1 The King is Dead Tutankhamun is dead! The boy king is dead! The news travels through Egypt. King Tutankhamun was only 18 years old. His wife and family are very sad to lose him. But Egyptians are glad for their king. They believe his spirit will travel to the wonderful place, the land of the dead. There, the king will do all the things that he loved to do when he was alive. He will feast and play games. He will go hunting and fishing. His spirit will be happy forever.

第一章 国王驾崩了 图坦卡蒙死了！那位少年国王死了！ 消息传遍了整个埃及。 图坦卡蒙国王去世时才只有18岁。 他的王后和家人失去他都悲痛万分。 但埃及民众都为他们的国王感到开心。 他们相信国王的灵魂会前往一个美妙的地方， 那就是亡灵之地。 在那里，国王可以做所有他生前喜欢做的事。 他可以享用盛宴，玩各种游戏。 他可以去打猎，去钓鱼。 他的灵魂会永远幸福快乐。

To attain common, we will need many things in the land of the dead. He will need food, and furniture, and clothing. He will need games and jewelry. All these things must be buried with him.

要在亡灵之地好好生活，国王需要很多东西。 他需要食物、家具还有衣物。 他需要游戏道具和珠宝首饰。 所有这些东西都必须和他一起下葬。

Most of all, the king will need his body. The Egyptians believe a spirit cannot live without his body, so that bodies are dried out to last forever. They turn into mummies. Priests come to the palace. They say prayer for the king. Then they dry out the king's body. They use a special kind of salt, called natrin. It takes many days. The mummy is wrapped in a garb of fine cloth. More than 100 jewels and charms are tucked in the fold. The charms will keep evil spirits away from the king.

最重要的是，国王需要他的遗体。 埃及人认为灵魂离不开躯体，所以要把遗体烘干，让它永远保存。 这样遗体就会变成木乃伊。 祭司们来到了王宫。 他们为国王祷告，然后烘干国王的遗体。 他们会用一种叫做泡碱的特殊盐类。 这要花上好几天时间，之后木乃伊会被精细的布料层层包裹起来。 布料的褶皱里还塞了一百多件珠宝和护身符。 这些护身符会帮国王驱散邪灵。