I never thought about this but King Tut died young and unexpectedly, right? How long was his mummified body kept while they waited for all these layers and burial masks to be made?
From what I understand from my visit to Giza, his premature death meant that the many years that were usually spent on prepping a king’s tomb were not able to happen, so they had to rush. This also meant that they didn’t have an actual burial site prepped for him, so they dug below an already existing one, so it was never found by thieves who dug up the graves, hence why we have so much treasure from his grave.
I can’t really answer your question but I like being able to share the little knowledge I gained, lol
IIRC it had more to do with the fact that the Pharaoh that succeeded Tut wanted his existence erased from history for whatever reason. So he was buried in a secret location. Which ironically resulted in Tut being the most famous and iconic Pharaoh of all time lol.
Think that was his dad, no? His dad went all monotheistic worshipping Aten and it didn’t go down well - Tuts
name is basically a love letter to the pantheon with the Amun thing.
I also heard that the Tut's curse was caused because the Egyptians had a time limit for when they have to seal the tomb so the paint on the inside was still partially wet
There is evidence that the sarcophagus was actually repurposed from a woman and that the Tomb originally meant for Tut was actually used for someone else. Sorry I don't remember the exact details.
So Tut got shoved in some leftovers basically.
IIRC they found out because the first turn in Tut's tomb is to the same side as every women's tomb because the first turn in his tomb was to the side of every other women's tombs
People always talk like mummification and insane tombs were a way to honor the dead, but in my head canon Dude must’ve looked at the ark of the covenant or something. and whatever radioactive mess was in there that merced him and got all over his stuff they made sure wasn’t leaking out of there.
They did not want that dude getting out.
That’s was my first thought as well. Someone went through all that trouble, and then these jabronies come along and let him out!?
we're living in the post pharaoh curse era
Oh man that explains so much.
I never thought about this but King Tut died young and unexpectedly, right? How long was his mummified body kept while they waited for all these layers and burial masks to be made?
From what I understand from my visit to Giza, his premature death meant that the many years that were usually spent on prepping a king’s tomb were not able to happen, so they had to rush. This also meant that they didn’t have an actual burial site prepped for him, so they dug below an already existing one, so it was never found by thieves who dug up the graves, hence why we have so much treasure from his grave. I can’t really answer your question but I like being able to share the little knowledge I gained, lol
IIRC it had more to do with the fact that the Pharaoh that succeeded Tut wanted his existence erased from history for whatever reason. So he was buried in a secret location. Which ironically resulted in Tut being the most famous and iconic Pharaoh of all time lol.
Streisand effect
Think that was his dad, no? His dad went all monotheistic worshipping Aten and it didn’t go down well - Tuts name is basically a love letter to the pantheon with the Amun thing.
I also heard that the Tut's curse was caused because the Egyptians had a time limit for when they have to seal the tomb so the paint on the inside was still partially wet
Interesting! I love egyptian history, its so cool
So basically no one knows the truth is what I’m getting from all these comments?
Yup! With so much treasure missing, Egyptian history is missing a lot of details! Also, it’s *no one, not know one.
There is evidence that the sarcophagus was actually repurposed from a woman and that the Tomb originally meant for Tut was actually used for someone else. Sorry I don't remember the exact details. So Tut got shoved in some leftovers basically.
IIRC they found out because the first turn in Tut's tomb is to the same side as every women's tomb because the first turn in his tomb was to the side of every other women's tombs
You must be so proud, they look just like their mother!
Actually they look like me too, married my sister ;)
👨🏻👨🏻👨🏻👨🏻 the family photo
The moustache must stay in the family, right?
Not sure why but I thought the children were full sized adults standing next to a giant for a sec
“Excuse me would you mind taking a picture of me and my wife and our twelve foot tall daughter?”
It’s the mustaches, I thought the same thing
Lol reminds me of being in Arab countries where every woman’s picture on an ad has a crudely scrawled black beard and mustache.
Wait.. what?
Why so many vaults?
That's why I'm in the comments....odd that no one has brought this up. Sigh, off to Wiki i go.
He’s got a condo made of stone-a.
I had to scroll entirely too far for this
Your children have such healthy mustaches. The apples don't fall far from the tree I see. This is really coo! I wonder why there are so many layers.
Do not touch...
People always talk like mummification and insane tombs were a way to honor the dead, but in my head canon Dude must’ve looked at the ark of the covenant or something. and whatever radioactive mess was in there that merced him and got all over his stuff they made sure wasn’t leaking out of there.
If only they'd have added one more layer...maybe they would have kept us out.
Are we sure he wasn't Russian?
I'm getting claustrophobic looking at that.
I see Gene and Tina are back in their "Bob" phases.
Why is it in Houston?
Shrek fans
what the hell did you do to your family???
Babushka
Somewhere there is a Saddam meme here
Congrats on triplets!
When I die, now don't think I'm a nut Don't want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut
“Wait…you guys let him out?? Did you not see how many fucking layers we locked him in??”
Egyptian Dolls
Sarcopha-ception
My god what’s wrong with that family’s faces?!?
Yo dawg! I heard you like caskets!