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King Tut's skin color a topic of controversy
LA Life ^ | Wednesday, June 15, 2005 | Evan Henerson

Posted on 06/16/2005 6:59:26 AM PDT by optik_b

King Tut's skin color a topic of controversy

By Evan Henerson Staff Writer

Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - Nobody can be sure exactly what the boy king Tutankhamun looked like. But a group of African-American activists charting the "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" exhibition are certain of one thing: He didn't look white.

Following an appearance before the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, activists from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Committee for the Elimination of Media Offensive to African People, and the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations plan to protest the Tut exhibition, which opens today at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

They claim a trio of busts configured from Tut's corpse and a CT scan depict the ruler as being white, and are, therefore, inaccurate and racist.

"Those images are so critical for our children," says Legrand Clegg, Compton city attorney and a spokesman for the protesters. "We want them to focus not just on rappers, athletes and entertainers but on figures who are high achievers. What could be more elevating than a little boy who ruled the world?"

Three separate teams of researchers reviewing the data from the mummified corpse have concluded that Tutankhamun, who was part of the 18th Egyptian dynasty, was a Caucasoid North African. Clegg contends these conclusions fly in the face of separate research by a New Zealand and British research team that label Tut Negroid.

"The big variable is skin tone," says Terry Garcia, executive vice president for mission programs for National Geographic, one of the exhibition's presenters. "North Africans, we know today, had a range of skin tones, from light to dark. In this case, we selected a medium skin tone, and we say, quite up front, 'This is midrange.' We'll never know for sure what his exact skin tone was or the color of his eyes with 100 percent certainty.

"Maybe in the future, people will come to a different conclusion," Garcia continues. "From what we know, there is no doubt this individual was of North African descent."

That's not good enough for the activists, who demonstrated peacefully before an opening reception Wednesday and planned to protest again at today's opening.

"All we're asking," says Clegg, "is removal of those impostor busts, which have nothing to do with relics.


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1 posted on 06/16/2005 6:59:26 AM PDT by optik_b
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To: optik_b

These people have w-a-a-a-y too much time on their hands........


2 posted on 06/16/2005 7:01:40 AM PDT by Red Badger (It's not up to the gov't to give you an education. It's up to you to take it from them......)
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To: optik_b
Those images are so critical for our children," says Legrand Clegg, Compton city attorney

These folks need to get a life.

3 posted on 06/16/2005 7:02:14 AM PDT by csvset
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To: Red Badger

Race racketeers are always looking for something to get their bollocks in an uproar...


4 posted on 06/16/2005 7:03:16 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty
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To: optik_b
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Me too, Martin. Me too. But it ain't looking good.

5 posted on 06/16/2005 7:03:29 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (Excrementum Occurum)
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To: optik_b

The homosexuals should be chiming in to say that he was gay any second now.


6 posted on 06/16/2005 7:03:37 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: optik_b
The sad "black" portion of the continent of Africa has no culture and history to be proud of - so they have to morph another culture to their reality. I hate to tell them this, but the ancient Egyptians regarded and used blacks as slaves...maybe they can sue for reparations (after the Jews, of course)...
7 posted on 06/16/2005 7:04:01 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
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To: csvset
"Those images are so critical for our children," says Legrand Clegg, Compton city attorney.

Children don't need images, but real people living upright lives.

8 posted on 06/16/2005 7:04:19 AM PDT by scott7278 (Before I give you the benefit of my reply, I'd like to know what we're talking about.)
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To: optik_b
"Those images are so critical for our children"

Mainly because their list of positive role models is quite short.

9 posted on 06/16/2005 7:04:40 AM PDT by TommyDale
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To: optik_b
re:"Those images are so critical for our children," says Legrand Clegg, Compton city attorney and a spokesman for the protesters. "We want them to focus not just on rappers, athletes and entertainers but on figures who are high achievers. What could be more elevating than a little boy who ruled the world?"
 
I can think of several things more relevant that some dead foriegn theocrat. Booker T Washington's life story for instance.
10 posted on 06/16/2005 7:04:53 AM PDT by tomakaze (Cuius testiculos habes, habeas cardia et cerebellum.)
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"What could be more exciting than a little black child that once ruled the world".

I'll tell you what could be more exciting, black folks quit blaming everyone else and become successful. Condi Rice is a great example of a black person that is successful and respected. Maybe these folks should look up to her and try to make their own place in history. :P


11 posted on 06/16/2005 7:04:55 AM PDT by 1FASTGLOCK45 (FreeRepublic: More fun than watching Dem'Rats drown like Turkeys in the rain! ! !)
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To: optik_b; Red Badger

I guess the black race owes the descendants of Israelite slaves some massive reparations....


12 posted on 06/16/2005 7:05:21 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: optik_b
What could be more elevating than a little boy who ruled the world?"

Thats a good one. More false self-esteem.

13 posted on 06/16/2005 7:06:08 AM PDT by evolved_rage (Segway, for those too fat to walk...very far.)
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To: Red Badger
"These people have w-a-a-a-y too much time on their hands........"

Bawahahhahaha...I was thinking the same thing!! Freeper minds are always on the same wave length...BRAVO!
14 posted on 06/16/2005 7:06:09 AM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: optik_b
They already have Zulu warrior Oprah. What else do they need?

Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp

15 posted on 06/16/2005 7:07:53 AM PDT by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: PBRSTREETGANG
"The homosexuals should be chiming in to say that he was gay any second now."

But he was gay. Anyone who is dead and famous was gay. Ya gotta keep up with the times, kiddo! ;o)
16 posted on 06/16/2005 7:09:23 AM PDT by LIConFem (A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
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To: optik_b; All
but on figures who are high achievers

King Tut was a high achiever? He was a boy king who became king at 8 years old when his father died and married his sister/half sister and died when he was 18. BIG DEAL! Besides Forensics usually can tell if the person was white or black by the facial features. I am sure it was right on the money. These people need to learn something about forensics before they cry racism!

17 posted on 06/16/2005 7:10:57 AM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
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To: optik_b

These Afro-centric whackjobs are a blight on the study of history.

Real historians know these loonies are a joke, but dare not say so publicly for fear of being labeled a "racist."


18 posted on 06/16/2005 7:11:04 AM PDT by Skooz (Perverts used to have to hang around public toilets. Now, they run our schools - Travis McGee)
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To: optik_b

Steve Martin song King Tut:

King Tut (King Tut)
Now when he was a young man,
He never thought he’d see
People stand in line to see the boy king.

(King Tut) How’d you get so funky?
(funky Tut) Did you do the monkey?
Born in Arizona,
Moved to Babylonia (king Tut).

(king Tut) Now, if I’d known
they’d line up just to see you,
I’d trade in all my money
And bought me a museum. (king Tut)

Buried with a donkey (funky Tut)
He’s my favorite honkey!
Born in Arizona,
Moved to Babylonia (king Tut)

Dancin’ by the Nile, (Disco Tut)
The ladies love his style, (waltzing Tut)
Rockin’ for a mile (rockin’ Tut)
He ate a crocodile.

He gave his life for tourism.
Golden idol!
He’s an Egyptian
They’re sellin’ you.

Now, when I die,
don’t think I’m a nut,
don’t want no fancy funeral,
Just one like ole king Tut. (king Tut)

He coulda won a Grammy,
Buried in his Jammies,
Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia,
He was born in Arizona, lived in a condo made of stone-a,
King Tut!


19 posted on 06/16/2005 7:11:09 AM PDT by Yo-Yo
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To: Joe 6-pack

We have a winner, post 12 !


20 posted on 06/16/2005 7:11:36 AM PDT by RicocheT
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