February 1, 2011 at 7:29 am
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cjboffoli
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Thanks datamuse. That’s the first report that I’ve seen that actually mentions Tut. A Google search yesterday didn’t seem to turn up even one mention. Though I suppose it shouldn’t surprise me that the media would try to amplify even the most tenuous connection to Tut as the name is widely known in the West and it makes the story much more commercial.
The truth is that all of the very best, most important Tut pieces probably aren’t even in Egypt at all. Though the mummy of Tut actually is… installed in a large, temperature and humidity-controlled case in the depth of his original burial chamber just outside of Luxor.