King Tut's Mummified Erect Penis May Point to Ancient Religious Struggle

LiveScience ^ | January 02, 2014 | Owen Jarus

[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.

[Titan Magroyne]

>>> “Well now we know why the piramids look the way they do”

Hah! Egyptologists been scratching their heads for years and along comes as good a theory as any other, LOL.

[Titan Magroyne]

A very bright people but without duct tape...

[shibumi]

The three cornerstones of a (pyramidal) civilization:

Duct Tape

WD40

The Crescent Wrench

[NCjim]

You have to love Amazon - product advice includes:

Novelty beer/soda bottle stopper. Only use Happy Man for intended purposes only.

[bert]

Well what did they expect with this kind of stuff laying around?

[JRios1968]

You’re terrible!

[wildbill]

C’mon, Man! The very first dirty joke I can remember hearing at age 8 or so, was about the petrified penis of King Tut.

And now you’re telling me it was true. My God, if the curse is also true I may still be in danger.

[CodeJockey]

See, this proves that the Egyptians were not sub Saharan Africans.

[martin_fierro]

[martin_fierro]

A search of "Tut" and "D|ck" turned this up.

Go figure.

[mikrofon]

his penis was mummified erect

Yet another aspect that, among the Pharaohs, made Tut ankhamun ....

[JouleZ]

.... to NOT be the guy chosen to be the fluffer and mummy wrapper of the King’s staff and rod.

*****

An episode for “Dirty Jobs”.

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

[SunkenCiv]

That author’s loony toons. Because he’s not a thinker (or a reader, apparently) he produces a loony “chronology” that loops back on itself like a moebius.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!

[SunkenCiv]

;’)

[Redcitizen]

Back then they substituted scorpions for pancakes on top of heads.

[Constitution Day]

LOL. What a freaking clown!