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King Tut’s Sister Stolen in Massive Museum Heist
ABC News ^
| 11-15-13
| Lana Zak
Posted on 11/15/2013 9:58:11 AM PST by smokingfrog
PRETORIA, South Africa King Tuts sister is missing and Egypt has issued an international alert for her return.
UNESCO and Interpol are working with Egyptian authorities to recover the priceless artifact, a limestone figurine of the young pharaohs sister from the 14th century BC. The young girl holds a piece of fruit and her hair flows loosely on one sidea symbol of her youthbut her head is held high, a decidedly regal look on her face.
This constitutes irreversible damage to the history and identity of the Egyptian people, said Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO.
The statuette, A Daughter of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, may be considered the most important piece in the Malawi National Museum in the city of Minya, which was looted during a riot in August. The museum was ransacked, sarcophagi and display cases were smashed, and more than 1,000 pieces were taken from the museum. Items too big to be carried away were defaced.
Two teenager rioters said, The government is destroying their people, so we are destroying this because it belongs to the government, reports the Daily Telegraph.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Egypt; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 18thdynasty; africa; akhenaten; amarna; catastrophism; egypt; figurene; godsgravesglyphs; interpol; looting; malawi; minya; newkingdom; unesco; valleyofthekings
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Not his real sister.
To: smokingfrog
Someone is gonna lose their hands & head.
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:00:32 AM PST
by
FES0844
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:01:03 AM PST
by
DannyTN
To: smokingfrog
I got it on Ebay, antiquities section. I’m pretty sure it’s genuine - it has “1340 BC” printed on the base.
To: FES0844
So, someone has stolen the statue of King Rootin’ Tuten’s sister, Princess Hotsi-Totsi.
(Three Stooges fans will get it)
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:05:20 AM PST
by
elcid1970
("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:06:41 AM PST
by
OrangeHoof
(Howdy to all you government agents spying on me.)
To: smokingfrog; Lazamataz
"King Tuts Sister Stolen in Massive Museum Heist"
Laz!?!?!?
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:07:23 AM PST
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: smokingfrog
Legend says she was once bitten by a moose...
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:07:46 AM PST
by
apillar
To: musicman
Sorry.
I’ll never do it again.
Until next time.
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:09:53 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
To: smokingfrog
Was it a Moose?................
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:10:01 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:17:38 AM PST
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
Someday people will figure out that it is a really bad idea to keep any artifact of historic significance anywhere where muslims live
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:19:47 AM PST
by
dsrtsage
(One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:23:32 AM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: DannyTN
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:24:13 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Fire Muschamp.)
To: dsrtsage
Sure is a bad idea. The Cairo Museum was thoroughly ransacked. Muzzies hate any artifacts that predate their “civilization”.
But they’ll sell them on the black market just the same. The artifacts the muzzies can’t move (Pyramids, Sphinx, Christian churches, etc.) they’ll simply destroy, just like the Bamiyan Buddhas.
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:26:12 AM PST
by
elcid1970
("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
To: elcid1970
moozlums...destroying civilization one object at a time.
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:36:06 AM PST
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: smokingfrog
Would Bill Clinton date her?
To: elcid1970
So, someone has stolen the statue of King Rootin Tutens sister, Princess Hotsi-Totsi. (Three Stooges fans will get it)VERNON DENT: "I am Hasan Ben Sober!
SHEMP: I had a few too many myself!
To: Lazamataz
Funny, she doesn't look a bit like him.
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posted on
11/15/2013 10:55:24 AM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: jim_trent
Would Bill Clinton date her?My first thought too. Was Clinton anywhere near?
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posted on
11/15/2013 11:33:53 AM PST
by
Mark17
(Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Veteran, 70-71)
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