Posted on 12/21/2008 1:39:52 PM PST by SunkenCiv
"We can now say that Tutankhamun was the child of Akhenaten," Zahi Hawass, chief of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, told Discovery News. The finding offers evidence against another leading theory that King Tut was sired by the minor king Smenkhkare. Hawass discovered the missing part of a broken limestone block a few months ago in a storeroom at el Ashmunein, a village on the west bank of the Nile some 150 miles south of Cairo. Once reassembled, the slab has become "an accurate piece of evidence that proves Tut lived in el Amarna with Akhenaten and he married his wife, Ankhesenamun," while living in el Amarna, Hawass said. The text also suggests that the young Tutankhamun married his father's daughter -- his half sister. "The block shows the young Tutankhamun and his wife, Ankhesenamun, seated together. The text identifies Tutankhamun as the 'king's son of his body, Tutankhaten,' and his wife as the 'king's daughter of his body, Ankhesenaten,'" Hawass said. "We know that the only king to whom the text could refer as the father of both children is Akhenaten, himself. We know from other sources that Ankhesenamun was the daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti. Now, because of this block, we can say that Tutankhamun was the child of Akhenaten as well," Hawass said. Found among other sandstone slabs in the storeroom of El Ashmunein's archaeological site, the block was used in the construction of the temple of Thoth during the reign of Ramesses II, who ruled around 1279-1213 B.C.
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I got to see it in Cairo, repeatedly.
I hope you have the opportunity to spend some time and don’t have to fight crowds of people.
I can’t really find a decent word, so I’ll just settle for “delicious”.
I read this exhibit was at the Field Museum a year or two ago so it must be the one you saw. The exhibit went on to London and now is back in the U.S. at Dallas and Atlanta. We are going the Tuesday after Christmas. The exhibit opened in October and runs until May so maybe we picked a good time. As long as we don’t get one of those freak Texas ice storms I should be good to go. I missed the first Dallas tour years ago and always regretted it. Did anything in particular blow you away?
Lucky you, spent time in Cairo? “Delicious” would be perfect. I love this stuff! I hope it will be a slow day at the museum. We’re going the Tuesday after Christmas so should be able to avoid the crush of student field trips. Hopefully most people will be involved with their holiday plans not the museum.
My dad was working on an Ag project there in the early 80’s, part of the Camp David Accord. I spent a year there. I probably went to the Museum 20+ times.
If Tut was a minor Pharaoh, and you stand there and contemplate that, while seeing his “treasure”, it is hard (for me) to imagine just how ostentatious things were in the reign of some of the greater ones. But I like to try.
I can’t wait to see it all. I’ve always marveled that such an advanced civilization rose, prospered for centuries, created such beautiful things then fell to the Romans. There are some lessons to be had there. Do you ever wonder what may still be hidden under the sand?
I’m getting excited (what a nerd, lol).
The museum’s website has just enough to whet my appetite. The photos of the artifacts are amazing: http://dallasmuseumofart.tv/exhibitions/tut/related.php
This link is better for photos of the Tut artifacts:
http://dallasmuseumofart.tv/exhibitions/tut/exhibition/objects/image01.php
There are tons of stuff under the sand. There is stuff all over the place. I got to see stuff off the regular tourist routes.
Thanks for the links.
The Louvre has some Egyptian flint ceremonial? knives that are incredible. Some of the European museums have some incredible stuff. So if you never get to Egypt, there is always that.
And Nerd? Not by a long shot. How about empowered?
I got to see the Tut exhibit in Cairo, also. Awesome.
Just found your post. Thanks for sharing your info. I can’t wait to see the exhibit.
New Evidence That King Tut Was Born Out of Incest
608,170 views
Oct 24, 2014
Smithsonian Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8b-gjnn_nE
OUCH!
Experts have always suspected something off in King Tut's family DNA. Now, by comparing the genetic profiles of his father, Akhenaten, and mother, they know why.
New Evidence That King Tut Was Born Out of Incest | Smithsonian Channel | Published on October 24, 2014
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