{"id":1123,"date":"2015-02-16T06:28:58","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T12:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/?p=1123"},"modified":"2015-02-16T15:31:33","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T21:31:33","slug":"92-years-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/92-years-ago-today\/","title":{"rendered":"92 Years Ago &amp; Today&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s happening in Ames Library this week?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instruction Lab, Room 129<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, 9am &#8211; Nursing 450<\/li>\n<li>Monday, 11am &#8211; Prof. Folse&#8217;s Gateway<\/li>\n<li>Monday, 1pm &#8211; Admissions<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, 9am &#8211; Ames All Staff Meeting<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, 10:50am &#8211; Business 490<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, 1pm &#8211; Business 490<\/li>\n<li>Thursday 8am &#8211; Mitel Phone Training<\/li>\n<li>Friday, 11am &#8211; Prof. Folse&#8217;s Gateway<\/li>\n<li>Friday, 2pm &#8211; Hispanic Studies 280<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/files\/2015\/02\/king-tut.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1124\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/files\/2015\/02\/king-tut-245x300.png\" alt=\"king tut\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/files\/2015\/02\/king-tut-245x300.png 245w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/files\/2015\/02\/king-tut-836x1024.png 836w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/files\/2015\/02\/king-tut.png 857w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a>Meeting Room, 214<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, 9:30am &#8211; Network Meeting<\/li>\n<li>Monday, 10:30am &#8211; Diaster Recovery Meeting<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, 1pm &#8211; Assessment Committee Meeting<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, 4:30pm &#8211; Star Literacy<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, 9am &#8211; Star Literacy<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, 11:30am &#8211; Theatre Recruitment<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, 2pm &#8211; CUPP<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, 1pm &#8211; CUPP<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, 4:30pm &#8211; Star Literacy<\/li>\n<li>Friday, 10am &#8211; Campus Climate Assessment Committee<\/li>\n<li>Friday, 2pm &#8211; Portal Meeting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Beckman Auditorium<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, 12:00pm &#8211; Admissions<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, 9:25am &#8211; International Politics<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, 10:50am &#8211; International Politics<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, 1pm &#8211; Literary and Cultural Studies 116<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, 5pm &#8211; President&#8217;s Office<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, 11am &#8211;\u00a0National Society of Leadership and Success Speaker<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, 2pm &#8211; Canvas LMS Demo<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, 8pm &#8211;\u00a0National Society of Leadership and Success Speaker<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, 2:30pm &#8211;\u00a0THEA 372 Theatre History II films<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, 7pm &#8211; International Film Series,\u00a0&#8220;Good Bye Lenin!&#8221; (2003, Germany), presented by Associate Professor of Political Science Kathleen Montgomery.<\/li>\n<li>Friday, 7pm &#8211; Philosophy Club<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What happened this day in 1923?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\">From History.com<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0On this day in 1923, in Thebes, Egypt, English archaeologist Howard Carter enters the sealed burial chamber of the ancient Egyptian ruler King <a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/tutankhamen\">Tutankhamen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Because the ancient Egyptians saw their pharaohs as gods, they carefully preserved their bodies after death, burying them in elaborate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/tombs\">tombs<\/a> containing rich treasures to accompany the rulers into the afterlife. In the 19th century, archeologists from all over the world flocked to Egypt, where they uncovered a number of these tombs. Many had long ago been broken into by robbers and stripped of their riches.<\/p>\n<p>When Carter arrived in Egypt in 1891, he became convinced there was at least one undiscovered tomb&#8211;that of the little known Tutankhamen, or King Tut, who lived around 1400 B.C. and died when he was still a teenager. Backed by a rich Brit, Lord Carnarvon, Carter searched for five years without success. In early 1922, Lord Carnarvon wanted to call off the search, but Carter convinced him to hold on one more year.<\/p>\n<p>In November 1922, the wait paid off, when Carter&#8217;s team found steps hidden in the debris near the entrance of another tomb. The steps led to an ancient sealed doorway bearing the name Tutankhamen. When Carter and Lord Carnarvon entered the tomb&#8217;s interior chambers on November 26, they were thrilled to find it virtually intact, with its treasures untouched after more than 3,000 years. The men began exploring the four rooms of the tomb, and on February 16, 1923, under the watchful eyes of a number of important officials, Carter opened the door to the last chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Inside lay a sarcophagus with three coffins nested inside one another. The last coffin, made of solid gold, contained the mummified body of King Tut. Among the riches found in the tomb&#8211;golden shrines, jewelry, statues, a chariot, weapons, clothing&#8211;the perfectly preserved mummy was the most valuable, as it was the first one ever to be discovered. Despite rumors that a curse would befall anyone who disturbed the tomb, its treasures were carefully catalogued, removed and included in a famous traveling exhibition called the &#8220;Treasures of Tutankhamen.&#8221; The exhibition&#8217;s permanent home is the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s happening in Ames Library this week? 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