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Scans of King Tut's Tomb Reveal Hidden Rooms, Egypt's Antiquities Ministry Says
NBC News ^
| Mar 17 2016, 8:03 am ET
| by Charlene Gubash, Cassandra Vinograd and F. Brinley Bruton
Posted on 03/17/2016 10:05:17 AM PDT by Red Badger
CAIRO Radar scans of King Tut's tomb have revealed two spaces on the north and east chambers of the pharaonic mausoleum that could contain the "discovery of the century," Egypt's antiquities ministry said Thursday.
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty told a press conference that metal and organic masses were revealed by the scans, signaling that the rooms could possibly contain funerary objects.
"It could be the discovery of the century. It's very important for Egyptian history and the history of the world," he said, adding that the chambers may well have belonged to a king or queen. Further tests will be done on March 31 to discover more about the newly-discovered spaces, he added.
The 1922 discovery of King Tut's tomb by a team of British archaeologists became a sensation that sparked a worldwide interest in ancient Egypt. Thursday's revelations raise the tantalizing possibility that the more than 4,500 artifacts uncovered nearly 100 years ago were only part of a larger royal funerary treasure.
King Tutankhamun, often dubbed the boy king, was an Egyptian pharaoh who rose to power in 1,333 B.C. at the tender age of 10. His mother was Queen Nefertiti and his father was Akhenaten.
One prominent Egyptologist has theorized that Queen Nefertiti, whose regal beauty was immortalized in a bust on display in a Berlin museum, could be buried in the walls of Tut's 3,300-year-old pharaonic mausoleum.
Nefertiti's husband Akhenaten attempted unsuccessfully to impose an early form of monotheism on ancient Egypt. He was succeeded by a pharaoh referred to as Smenkhare and then Tut, who was proven by genetic testing to have been Akhenaten's son.
The family's turbulent rule ended with a military takeover by a top general, Horemheb, after which the family's names were erased from official records.
TOPICS: History; Science
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To: Red Badger
The mannequin head, carved of wood, of Tutankhamun ALAN DIAZ / AP
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03/17/2016 10:06:02 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
To: SunkenCiv
PinGGG!........................
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posted on
03/17/2016 10:06:19 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
To: Red Badger
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03/17/2016 10:08:56 AM PDT
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dfwgator
To: Red Badger
Poor kids ears were bigger than Rubio’s...
I wonder if Tut liked foam parties..?
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03/17/2016 10:09:22 AM PDT
by
Stormy_2021
(I have total cognizance of every synapse in my cerebral cortex. Pear Pimples for Hairy Fishnuts!)
Now when I die, now don’t think I’m a nut.
Don’t want no fancy funeral, just one like ol King Tut.
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03/17/2016 10:10:37 AM PDT
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Slambat
To: dfwgator
His features look less honky-ish.......................
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03/17/2016 10:11:29 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
To: dfwgator
He was born in Arizona, got a condo made of stone-a...
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03/17/2016 10:11:36 AM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
To: Flick Lives
He gave his life for tourism.
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03/17/2016 10:11:55 AM PDT
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dfwgator
To: Red Badger
Probably wasn’t even buried with a donkey.
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03/17/2016 10:12:32 AM PDT
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dfwgator
To: dfwgator
Don’t know if they even had donkeys in ancient Egypt.....................
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posted on
03/17/2016 10:13:23 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
To: Red Badger
Dr. Ben Carson was right!
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03/17/2016 10:13:54 AM PDT
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McGruff
(Just another "Low Information Voter" for Trump)
To: dfwgator
From Wiki:
Asses were first domesticated around 3000 BC, probably in Egypt or Mesopotamia...
So, it was too late for Tut.........................
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03/17/2016 10:15:19 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
To: McGruff
About what?....................
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03/17/2016 10:16:07 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
To: Red Badger
Maybe, just maybe, we could use this to scan the White House personal quarters and find that prayer rug.
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03/17/2016 10:16:56 AM PDT
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Gaffer
To: Red Badger
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty
That happy moment when you realize that Zahi Hawass isnt running it anymore.
To: Red Badger
Guessing the pyramids as granaries?
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03/17/2016 10:17:43 AM PDT
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treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: Red Badger
"It could be the discovery of the century. It's very important for Egyptian history and the history of the world," he said, adding that the chambers may well have belonged to a king or queen.And it could just as likely be a complete nothing-burger, as well. Remember 'Al Capone's vault'?
the infowarrior
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To: Red Badger
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03/17/2016 10:21:32 AM PDT
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RetSignman
(Obama is the walking, talking middle finger in the face of America)
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