Posted on 01/06/2014 6:58:14 PM PST by SunkenCiv
The pharaoh was buried in Egypt's Valley of the Kings without a heart (or a replacement artifact known as a heart scarab); his penis was mummified erect; and his mummy and coffins were covered in a thick layer of black liquid that appear to have resulted in the boy-king catching fire...
The mummified erect penis and other burial anomalies were not accidents during embalming, Ikram suggests, but rather deliberate attempts to make the king appear as Osiris, the god of the underworld, in as literal a way as possible. The erect penis evokes Osiris' regenerative powers; the black liquid made Tutankhamun's skin color resemble that of Osiris; and the lost heart recalled the story of the god being cut to pieces by his brother Seth and his heart buried.
Making the king appear as Osiris may have helped to undo a religious revolution brought about by Akhenaten, a pharaoh widely believed to be Tutankhamun's father, Ikram said.
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
You’re terrible! LOL
The workmanship and beauty of that gold headdress or whatever it is called is absolutely stunning.
With a twist?
He gave his life for tourism.
I didn’t really want to read about this when i’m anticipating riding my bike to work tomorrow morning in about 7-10 degrees. I hope that if i freeze to death someone will... well i hope.
I’ve never seen it in person, but I’ve seen some comparable work from around the same period, it’s (for want of a better word) perfect.
Was it really a petrified penis or the remains of something that crept into the crypt and crapped?
mistaken for a handle?
I thought it was funny that the author thanked the researcher for the ability to write that title.
Maybe it was a sundial?
Lol. Maybe Tut’s is laying around at a yard sale in Egypt.
“Here, I’ll slide him down this way a little...Oh, sh...”
He gave his life for tourism.
Regenerative Powers - yeah, that’s my excuse.
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/luxortemple4.htm
This colonnade at Luxor is attributed here to Amenhotep III (father of IVth a.k.a. Akhenaten, grandfather of Tut) but despite a fairly short reign, this was left incomplete, and the older temple sites were forbidden by Akhenaten, and the colonnade was completed by/for King Tut. Later on, Ramesses II “the Great” had his own name carved on these, as he had his image or cartouche carved on lots of earlier stuff the length of Egypt. Up near the top (which was dark, as it was roofed over in ancient times) the cartouche of Tut survived.
“Was it really a petrified penis or the remains of something that crept into the crypt and crapped?”
Occupy Egypt?
Cue King Missile's "Detachable Penis."
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