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Mummy-fried! Tutankhamun's body spontaneously combusted INSIDE his coffin
The Daily Mail ^ | 11-3-13 | Claudia Joseeph & Sam Webb

Posted on 11/03/2013 9:31:59 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic

The mummified body of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun burst into flames inside his sarcophagus after a botched attempt to embalm him, according to scientists in a new documentary.

After his death in 1323 BC, Tutankhamun was rapidly embalmed and buried, but fire investigators believe a chemical reaction caused by embalming oils used on his mummy sparked the blaze.

A fragment of flesh from the boy pharaoh, whose tomb was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter and the Earl of Carnarvon, was tested by researchers who confirmed his body was burnt while sealed in his coffin.

Tut has long fired the public imagination. He became pharaoh at the age of 10 in 1333 BC and ruled for just nine years until his death.

He was the last of the royal line from the eighteenth dynasty of the New Kingdom, one of the most powerful royal houses of ancient Egypt.

The discovery of his nearly intact tomb, complete with a gold coffin and gold funeral mask, was a worldwide sensation and sparked public interest in ancient Egypt.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: 18thdynasty; amarna; ancientautopsies; ancientegypt; carter; catastrophism; chariot; earlofcarnarvon; egypt; embalmingoils; godsgravesglyphs; howardcarter; kingtut; newkingdom; tutankhamun; tutankhaten; valleyofthekings
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To: Olog-hai

Maybe Tut was a drummer.


41 posted on 11/03/2013 1:11:43 PM PST by Walmartian (I'm their leader. Which way did they go?)
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To: Walmartian

At least he didn’t choke on somebody else’s vomit.


42 posted on 11/03/2013 1:13:30 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Any familiar talent on the label?


43 posted on 11/03/2013 1:33:49 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: Fred Nerks; 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; ...

Nice catch! Thanks Fred Nerks!


44 posted on 11/03/2013 1:47:33 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: SunkenCiv
NAPTHA:

PAGE 70 - 75. WORLDS IN COLLISION

45 posted on 11/03/2013 1:52:23 PM PST by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
after he died in speeding chariot accident

Did he get T-Boned?

46 posted on 11/03/2013 1:58:58 PM PST by Ole Okie
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Theban Mapping Project


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47 posted on 11/03/2013 1:59:20 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: null and void
That’s what they call it when a pile of oily rags bursts into flames.

*kof-kof*

Isn't that what he was, by then?

48 posted on 11/03/2013 2:04:40 PM PST by Monkey Face (Never push a loyal person to the point where they no longer care.)
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To: Ole Okie

Yes, I thought that was an amazing assumption. After all, how can they tell after all these years? (And yes, I did read the article.)


49 posted on 11/03/2013 2:24:46 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Couldn’t have burned for more than a second or two in a sealed coffin.


50 posted on 11/03/2013 2:38:49 PM PST by Hugin
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To: dennisw

Nice blast from the past.
I watched it about 6 times today.
Still funny.


51 posted on 11/03/2013 5:09:30 PM PST by TheConservativeParty (He's not the president, he just plays one on TV.)
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We need to take into account the fact that his burial was rushed, and his successor (and uncle) Aye is shown as carrying out the funeral rites to cement his claim to the two crowns. Ordinarily there's a long process, apparently they tried something to speed things up a little, iow, the easy-bake oven approach.
52 posted on 11/03/2013 5:37:39 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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53 posted on 11/03/2013 5:43:18 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: ExGeeEye; Ruy Dias de Bivar

If you liked “Old King Tut” then hopefully you’ll like “Three Thousand Years Ago” by Billy Murray as much as I do. http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/9353/


54 posted on 11/03/2013 9:50:32 PM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar; SunkenCiv; All

Old king Tut was in his early twenties, and only ruled for a very few years. Cleopatra was separated from him by about 1400 years, so never sat on his knee.


55 posted on 11/03/2013 10:39:00 PM PST by gleeaikin
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To: TexasRepublic

Fun!


56 posted on 11/04/2013 12:55:13 AM PST by ExGeeEye (It's been over 90 days; time to start on 2014. Carpe GOP!)
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To: gleeaikin

***Cleopatra was separated from him by about 1400 years,***

Don’t bet on it. There was more than one Cleopatra. Besides, it is just an old Tin Pan Alley song.


57 posted on 11/04/2013 5:38:11 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

I remember reading that some English investors in EGYPT wanted to sell Egyptian mummies to the railroad as fuel.


58 posted on 11/04/2013 11:54:12 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

That’s right. They burned easily, and with high heat.


59 posted on 11/04/2013 12:36:23 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: afraidfortherepublic; SunkenCiv

That must have put a serious damper on his afterlife.


60 posted on 11/04/2013 6:09:19 PM PST by colorado tanker
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