{"id":2657,"date":"2021-03-21T03:17:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T03:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2657"},"modified":"2021-03-21T03:19:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T03:19:03","slug":"2657","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/article\/2657\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 11 Ancient History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In what has become something of a tradition, Mr de Bres\u2019 Year 11 Ancient History class marked out the dimensions of Tutankhamun\u2019s Tomb in the Rowe Quad during their double lesson in Week 6. Using precise tomb measurements and armed with the necessary equipment (tape measures, masking tape and scissors) the students, under the expert supervision of Director of Antiquities Declan Dann, dutifully recreated the tomb\u2019s steps, corridor and four chambers. Besides gaining a tangible appreciation of the size and scale of the tomb itself they identified features and contents of each room and reflected on the astonishing range of exquisite treasures that greeted acclaimed archaeologist Howard Carter when he discovered the largely intact New Kingdom Pharoah\u2019s tomb in 1922.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr de Bres<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>History Faculty<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/03\/Tuts_tomb_31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/03\/Tuts_tomb_31-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/03\/Tuts_tomb_31-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/03\/Tuts_tomb_31-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/03\/Tuts_tomb_31-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/03\/Tuts_tomb_team1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/03\/Tuts_tomb_team1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/03\/Tuts_tomb_team1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/03\/Tuts_tomb_team1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/03\/Tuts_tomb_team1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/03\/Tuts_tomb_21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2661\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/03\/Tuts_tomb_21-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/03\/Tuts_tomb_21-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/03\/Tuts_tomb_21-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021\/03\/Tuts_tomb_21-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In what has become something of a tradition, Mr de Bres\u2019 Year 11 Ancient History class marked out the dimensions of Tutankhamun\u2019s Tomb in the Rowe Quad during their double lesson in Week 6. Using precise tomb measurements and armed with the necessary equipment (tape measures, masking tape and scissors) the students, under the expert [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-2657","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}