Posted on 03/02/2010 7:00:36 PM PST by SunkenCiv
:’) That’s the kind of humor that’s second natron to me now.
That’s true — I know because my dog told me. I had to have it translated, he only speaks Swedish.
Your Swedish Speaking dog and Dr Hawass will have to debate the issue, With an Interpreter, Of Course! :-)
The Hawaas scientific paper was published in the Journal of American Medicine in 2010. Hawass says it is probably Ankhnaten and builds a genetic family tree.
The fellow who wrote the article disputing Hawass’ conclusions is very refreshing in his candor. “I could be wrong...On advantage of being an amateur with no reputation or credentials is that a bit of embarassment will not harm me.”
I think it would be hilarious if some no name amateur showed Hawass up. Hawass does get tiresome.
I’m going to see if I can borrow that issue of JAMA, although I’m not entirely sure that it hasn’t gone entirely electronic. But yeah, given the age of the KV55 dead guy at time of death, there’s no way in hell it could be Akhenaten. The profile shots Hawass uses to try to show affinity (that kinda pinheaded conehead skull of Tut, alongside the KV55 skull) reminds me of the n-rays fiasco. Hawass’ latest thing is to “identify” pharaohs’ mummies. The sad fact is, most of the pharaohs (not merely those of the New Kingdom) don’t have extant mummies, the tombs were robbed in ancient times and the remains burned (if they were dry enough) or unwrapped or cut apart to get at the precious objects in the wrappings, and the remains decayed to dust or disarticulated parts. KV55 was discovered undisturbed, one of just a few (three from the 18th Dynasty; and even Tut’s was entered by ancient robbers, just wasn’t plundered), and it was a ramshackle collection of borrowed burial items.
Y’know, being in one of those “heads I win tails you lose” situations feels kinda good. Update:
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20100311/D9ECLFKO0.html
“In one tantalizing discovery, the testing established that another unidentified mummy was Akhenaten’s sister, that he fathered Tutankhamun with her and that she appears to have died from violence with blows to her face and head.”
JAMA | Ancestry and Pathology in King Tutankhamun’s Family
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=185393
JAMA | King Tutankhamun’s Family and Demise
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=186115
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20159872
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