[blam]

Is this the face of Tutankhamun?

[LibFreeOrDie]

Barbra Streisand?

[Moonman62]

I thought he would look like Steve Martin.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

“He gave his life for tourism.”

[montag813]

King Tutankhamen.

[rabscuttle385]

Dr Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt's archaeological services...

I watched Discovery Channel specials tonight on his recent (past six months) work to identify the mummy of Hatshepsut using equipment on loan from Siemens and advanced DNA testing methods.

Pretty cool stuff, if you ask me.

[SkyPilot]

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

King Tut hit by the curse of the dome
Sunday Times | December 24, 2006 | Dipesh Gadher
Posted on 12/31/2006 12:03:00 AM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1760506/posts

Plans for a grand exhibition of the teenage pharaoh’s treasures at the venue have been thrown into doubt because Egyptian officials will not allow the artefacts to be displayed next to a proposed casino... “If there is a casino in the dome, I will not send the exhibits to London,” declared Zahi Hawass, the secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. “It’s insulting. These Egyptian artefacts have dignity and therefore we should keep this dignity. I will never — [even] if they give us a billion dollars — show an Egyptian exhibit next door to a casino.”

[COBOL2Java]

Tutankhamun's True Face To Be Revealed

(after it's been altered for racial sensitivity)

[wildbill]

Probably will look like the would-be boy-king Edwards.

[evets]

[exile]

“Tutankhamun’s True Face To Be Revealed”

What? Did Helen Thomas find her high school yearbook?

[pray4liberty]

Tutankhamun's True Face To Be Revealed

Ewwww, I don't want to see it!

[SunkenCiv]

from Karnak Temple:

King Tutankhamun
http://www.southerncrossgalleries.com/images/africa/africa_00147.jpg

Queen Ankhesenpaaten, (King Tutankhamun’s Wife)
http://www.southerncrossgalleries.com/images/africa/africa_00148.jpg

The large double columnade inside the temple was erected by Tut, as his cartouche is found near the top of at least one of the columns; the other instances of his cartouche were recarved in the 19th dynasty so that Ramses II “the Great” could take credit for their construction. Because the surviving Tut cartouche is so close to what was the ceiling, either it was missed in the dark, or no one cared to climb up, or even, possibly, to make sure the real builder was accorded proper credit. It’s the taller one shown in this image:

http://www.anniebees.com/Egypt/Assets/images/Kar_16.jpg