Posted on 11/04/2007 7:10:10 AM PST by Aristotelian
LUXOR, Egypt - The face of King Tut was unshrouded in public for the first time on Sunday — 85 years after the 3,000-year-old boy pharaoh's golden enshrined tomb and mummy were discovered in Luxor's famed Valley of the Kings.
Archeologists removed the mummy from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb, momentarily pulling aside a white linen covering to reveal a shriveled leathery black face and body. The mummy of the 19-year-old pharaoh, whose life and death has captivated people for nearly a century, was placed in a climate-controlled glass box in the tomb, with only the face and feet showing under the linen covering.
"The golden boy has magic and mystery and therefore every person all over the world will see what Egypt is doing to preserve the golden boy, and all of them I am sure will come to see the golden boy," said Egypt's antiquities chief, Zahi Hawass.
Hawass said scientists began restoring King Tut's badly damaged mummy more than two years ago. Much of the mummy's body is broken into 18 pieces — damage sustained when British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the mummy, took it from his tomb and tried to pull off his famous golden mask, Hawass said.
But Hawass said he fears a more recent phenomenon — mass tourism — is further deteriorating Tut's mummy. Thousands of tourists visit the underground chamber every month.
"The humidity and heat caused by ... people entering the tomb and their breathing will change the mummy to a powder. The only good thing (left) in this mummy is the face. We need to preserve the face," said Hawass, who wore his signature Indiana Jones-style tan hat.
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Must be because it was made by a French team
was he buried with his donkey?
The same thing happened with Hillary's soul this week.
The dehydrated flesh has shrivelled.
looks like he was mummified wearing grill teeth.
I took that into account - still looks like an overbite
He has sum fu—— up toofs!
To me he seems like a world-class publicity hog. My theory is that the reason he is on TV so much is that access to antiquities is contingent on him being part of any resulting TV programs.
From what I have heard it appears to be part of Arab culture that the head guy in an organization takes credit for everything. Hawass is often quite interesting but he is ridiculously over-exposed.
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD173207
They’re not supposed to visit the Pyramids, because they are the tombs of infidel and contain graven images. I think you’re right at some point these wonderful relics may be in danger of destruction.
They are allowed to pray in churches that do not contain images, but are forbidden to do so in churches that have them. Does that mean Arafat shouldn’t have gone to the Church of the Nativity for Christmas services every year?
http://www.julescrittenden.com/2007/10/05/meanwhile-in-fatwa-news/
Who is Jules Crittendon? This is funny and sounds just like moslems.
>Wow, what a case of athlete’s foot - could have used some quick actin Tinactin
LOL! We have a winner!
Looks very similar to the image in post #4.
He looks kinda dead to me. Is he still voting absentee in Chicago?
Oh I don’t know ................... He looks kind of French to me.
They should go the full distance and turn this into a freak show.
People love the circus. They love mummies. Why not combine them?
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