Thanks smokingfrog. One of *those* topics. This heist was in Malawi, apparently, and not a mummy, a statue was stolen.
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Posted on 11/15/2013 9:58:11 AM PST by smokingfrog
PRETORIA, South Africa – King Tut’s 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 pharaoh’s sister from the 14th century BC. The young girl holds a piece of fruit and her hair flows loosely on one side–a symbol of her youth–but 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
That just cannot be right?
BC is not PC!
It should be BCE; Before Common Era.
How about BX like Xmas?
Would you believe just plain BS?
And AD means After Dinner.
;^)
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Where was Bill Clinton???
massive?
King Tut’s sister was really really fat?
Just the thighs, the whole family had that.
That's hilarious!
:’) It’s funny because it’s true:
http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/1320Hist%26Civ/slides/10akhen/akhenaten4worshipingaten.jpg
Thanks Charles:
http://xenohistorian.faithweb.com/africa/images/ame5.jpg
Oh, my bad, it really is in Egypt. Nice concise headline...
Egypt’s Malawi National Museum looted in rioting by Morsi supporters
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/egypts-malawi-national-museum-looted-in-rioting-by-morsi-supporters/1156144/
This sounds like a theft to order for a very private collector.
This happened in Iraq as well... something about Islam setting the date of the beginning of earths history as 6000 years ago... therefore objects contradicting this are regularly obliterated.
You’re welcome.
Shoulda won a Grammy
Buried in his jammies
King Tut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgTPH5y1-ZI
1979 Steve Martin sings “King Tut”
Uh Oh, just wait until Tut turns Karis loose on the violator of his sister’s mummy.
I just noticed this didn’t work right up there, for some reason.
Theban Mapping Project (Valley of the Kings etc) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1320504/post
Do you think the thread was removed? The Theban Mapping Project website is still up.
Two teenager rioters said, “The government is destroying their people, so we are destroying this because it belongs to the government,”....
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OWS-led mob, I suppose.
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