[SunkenCiv]

I just wanted to beat the rush.

[dfwgator]

“He gave his life for tourism.”

[brytlea]

That scared the heck out of me!

[Moonman62]

In Tut's case, if the hippo charged, his entourage may not have been able to get to him in time. "If he did have a club foot (as a recent medical report suggests) it would make him the slowest person getting out of the way -- the easiest person for the hippo to get."

I don't have to be faster than the hippo, I just have to be faster than you.

[Trod Upon]

I thought mummification was supposed to prevent decomposition.

[central_va]

[dsc]

“I just wanted to beat the rush.”

That’s the first time I’ve looked at that photo and wanted to laugh instead of hurl.

Very well done indeed.

[Beowulf9]

Still, this is one mummy slick Willie might just pass up.

[Rocky]

Looking at that picture, I felt my chest being crushed. The pressure was almost hippo-like.

[Greysard]

Tut was killed by a hippo

Either that, or he fell from a window on something below, or some stone fell on him. Maybe a horse kicked him.

I'm not an expert on hippos, but one would think that a deep chest wound is the least likely kind of wound one can get while running away from a hippo. It's not a unicorn; it bites and tears, but how would a hippo punch a hole through Tut's chest but not damage his arms?

Statistically, more monarchs died in their own castles (sometimes with unwelcome assistance of their political foes) than on hunts. A death from a wild animal is a chance. But a death from someone else's hand, for a king, is not really a chance - it's a near certainty. That would be a far more natural (for a king) explanation, and that would also explain lack of documentation on his death. A death at a hunt is not necessarily embarrassing, and as long as you don't have people with iPhones in your entourage you can say whatever you need about the late king. But death from a stone falling out of the ceiling and crushing the king in his bed, or a horse kicking him ... that would be less heroic indeed.

[MCH]

Here's a more credible (IMHO) Top-10 listing of the world's most dangerous animals, ranked according to the number of human deaths per year. The Hippo is dangerous, but is #8 on the list - not #1. Number #1 is the mosquito.

[JoeProBono]

hippo

[Salamander]

“that Tut was killed by a hippo.”

Pit hippo ping.

[SIDENET]

BAN HIPPOS.

[Fresh Wind]

[martin_fierro]

Instead, at his Toronto lecture, Harer brought up another, more exotic possibility -- that Tut was killed by a hippo.

You. Are. There.

[The Comedian]

Had Tut recently returned from LV-426?

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Smokin' Joe]

I didn’t realize she was a mummy...she had kids?

[RichInOC]

Why do hippos have flat feet?
From stamping out limping pharaohs.

[SunkenCiv]

• Angry hippo attacks vet, then shot dead at South Africa park