King Tut hit by the curse of the dome

Sunday Times ^ | December 24, 2006 | Dipesh Gadher

[SunkenCiv]

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." ...The venue cost almost £1 billion to build. After it closed, tens of thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money has been used each month to maintain it... Hugo Swire, the shadow culture secretary, joked: "I think the effect of a hex from the deputy prime minister is worse than anything the pharaohs could muster." Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) has threatened to withhold £350m of investment at the dome if the casino is not given the green light. Hawass's ultimatum confronts AEG with a dilemma if it wins the gambling licence. For the six-month Tutankhamun exhibition to go ahead, the company will not be able to open a casino at the dome until well into 2008. "They can make the casino after the exhibition leaves London," said Hawass. Paradoxically, the history of gambling is thought to have begun in ancient Egypt, with written references dating from 1500BC. Artefacts salvaged from the city of Thebes appear to be dice. But under ancient Egyptian law, gambling was punished by hard labour. Earlier this year Hawass vetoed plans for the Tutankhamun exhibition to be displayed at a South African resort after he discovered that it included a casino.

[SunkenCiv]

I just wanted to beat the rush.

[SunkenCiv]

Zahi "Zowie" Hawass gets to keep his head a while longer. Apropos of nothing, I saw the game sets buried with Tut when I went to the Field Museum in Chicago a few days ago.

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[SunkenCiv]

While looking for some images for my grisly messterpiece above, this turned up:

http://www.unf.edu/classes/freshmancore/core1images/

[SunkenCiv]

Luckily, there aren't any *casinos* near Luxor. It would insult the dignity of blah blah blah...

"Tourist Killings in Egypt, November 17, 1997: Al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya (IG) gunmen shot and killed 58 tourists and four Egyptians and wounded 26 others at the Hatshepsut Temple in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor. Thirty-four Swiss, eight Japanese, five Germans, four Britons, one French, one Colombian, a dual Bulgarian/British citizen, and four unidentified persons were among the dead. Twelve Swiss, two Japanese, two Germans, one French, and nine Egyptians were among the wounded." [FreedomPoster]

[blam]

I like this one.

Gilgamesh and Enkidu

[Clemenza]

Hey, he could've won a Grammy...

But he was buried in his 'jammies...

[Brad’s Gramma]

#1

:)

[onyx]

Martin must see this! LOL

[martin_fierro]

[onyx]

LOL-LOL-LOL.

Isn't it awful of me, to think about you every time I see a helenthomas photo.....LOL?

[dfwgator]

He gave his life for tourism.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Brad’s Gramma]

Pssssssst

[marsh2]

You are shameless - lol.

[BenLurkin]

I wish they would send it to this place ----

[Fresh Wind]

I always knew she was a sphinxter!

[SunkenCiv]

Looks like she needs a uraeuologist...

[SunkenCiv]

Well, it's a gamble, but we could ask...

[SunkenCiv]

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