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Christopher

Christopher

Portland, OR
November 2002

NOV 13, 2004 05:39 PM

Archaeologists and National Geographic will remove the body of Tutankhamun from its crypt to study what killed the teenage pharaoh. The last time anyone had seen the actual mummy was in 1968 when an X-ray found a chip of bone lodged in Tutankhamun’s skull.

"We will know about any diseases he had, any kind of injuries and his real age," Egyptian antiquities chief Zahi Hawass told Reuters. "We will know the answer to whether he died normally or was he killed."

The mummy would be moved by the end of November and the CAT scan, which will produce a three-dimensional X-ray of his remains, completed by the end of the year, he said.

Tutankhamun's treasures, including a stunning gold mask which covered the head of his mummy, were removed from the tomb in Luxor's Valley of the Kings by British archaeologist Howard Carter. They are usually on show in the Cairo Museum.

Although the body was damaged when the Carter excavated the tomb, scientists can recreate the body and “examine each bone,” CSI-style.

Hawass said he would like Tutankhamun's mummy to go back to its tomb after the completion of the research.

Mystery has surrounded Tutankhamun since the discovery of his tomb. Lord Carnarvon, Carter's sponsor and among the first to enter the tomb, died shortly afterward from an infected mosquito bite.

Newspapers at the time said Carter had unleashed a Pharaonic curse which killed Carnarvon and others linked to the discovery.

Scientists have in the past suggested that a disease lying dormant in the tomb may have killed the British aristocrat.

Among the treasures found in Tutankhamun’s tomb: a solid gold inner coffin 74” long, 20” wide, and 20” high, a funeral mask encrusted with turquoise and quartz, and an Arizona State University sweatshirt.

Derivation

Derivation

Tucson, AZ
December 2003

NOV 13, 2004 08:02 PM

"Newspapers at the time said Carter had unleashed a Pharaonic curse which killed Carnarvon and others linked to the discovery."



That's how Bush got re-elected.

armyofrobots

armyofrobots

Orlando, FL
October 2004

NOV 13, 2004 09:16 PM

cuuuuurse!!!

surf....turf!!!!


aquateen seems right at this moment.

alpha_hazard

alpha_hazard

Fort Collins, CO
April 2004

NOV 13, 2004 09:27 PM

Tutankhamun was the half brother of the lesser known Funkhenamun, whose tomb, discovered in the early seventies was also said to carry a curse.

blacklabyrinth

blacklabyrinth

Canada
September 2003

NOV 13, 2004 09:50 PM

Did this news article get hacked? What's with the last part of the title and the A.S.U. sweatshirt bit at the end? It just doesn't seem to fit.

Christopher

Christopher

Portland, OR
November 2002

NOV 13, 2004 09:56 PM

blacklabyrinth said:
Did this news article get hacked? What's with the last part of the title and the A.S.U. sweatshirt bit at the end? It just doesn't seem to fit.


click on the last word.

blacklabyrinth

blacklabyrinth

Canada
September 2003

NOV 13, 2004 10:02 PM

christopher said:

blacklabyrinth said:
Did this news article get hacked? What's with the last part of the title and the A.S.U. sweatshirt bit at the end? It just doesn't seem to fit.


click on the last word.



ahhh okay. Makes sense, just kinda odd.

cthav

cthav

USA
August 2004

NOV 13, 2004 10:30 PM

you some kinda Bubba Ho Tep!

He totally lured me in with the news headline. I was like....no way dude...no way a janitor molested a mummy.

argentwyrm

argentwyrm

Tucson, AZ
May 2004

NOV 14, 2004 12:02 AM

You might find this interesting as well

The Assassination of King Tut

[Edited on Nov 14, 2004 12:03AM]

[Edited on Nov 14, 2004 12:04AM]

Lufy

Lufy

Ithaca, NY
May 2004

NOV 14, 2004 09:53 AM

cthav said:
you some kinda Bubba Ho Tep!

He totally lured me in with the news headline. I was like....no way dude...no way a janitor molested a mummy.



Me, too. I can't believe I fell for such a cheap ploy.

Well done.

JasonDemon

JasonDemon

New Orleans, LA
November 2004

NOV 14, 2004 01:12 PM

Maaaan...just leave that mummy alone. skull