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  • A century of King Tut

    From Keith F. Lynch@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 5 17:56:02 2022
    King Tut's tomb was discovered a century ago yesterday, inspiring
    everything from monster movies featuring mummies to action movies
    featuring Harrison Ford.

    It was 32 centuries old when found, 33 centuries old now. But it was
    part of Egypt's *New* Kingdom. The pyramids were as far before Tut's
    day as Charlemagne's rule and the Viking raids were before our day.
    (Tut's tomb was not in a pyramid.)
    --
    Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
    Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.

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  • From Kerr-Mudd, John@21:1/5 to Keith F. Lynch on Sun Nov 6 12:29:55 2022
    On Sat, 5 Nov 2022 17:56:02 -0000 (UTC)
    "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:

    King Tut's tomb was discovered a century ago yesterday, inspiring
    everything from monster movies featuring mummies to action movies
    featuring Harrison Ford.

    It was 32 centuries old when found, 33 centuries old now. But it was
    part of Egypt's *New* Kingdom. The pyramids were as far before Tut's
    day as Charlemagne's rule and the Viking raids were before our day.
    (Tut's tomb was not in a pyramid.)

    https://www.channel4.com/programmes/tutankhamun-secrets-of-the-tomb

    The presenter seems to have been inspired by Lara Croft's Tombraider.

    --
    Bah, and indeed Humbug.

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  • From Kerr-Mudd, John@21:1/5 to Keith F. Lynch on Sun Nov 6 12:30:46 2022
    On Sat, 5 Nov 2022 17:56:02 -0000 (UTC)
    "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:

    King Tut's tomb was discovered a century ago yesterday, inspiring
    everything from monster movies featuring mummies to action movies
    featuring Harrison Ford.

    It was 32 centuries old when found, 33 centuries old now. But it was
    part of Egypt's *New* Kingdom. The pyramids were as far before Tut's
    day as Charlemagne's rule and the Viking raids were before our day.
    (Tut's tomb was not in a pyramid.)


    Saw a TV programme (Channel 4 UK) last night; a British Archeologist
    (of Yemeni origin) went through the "Curse" and biographies of some of
    those involved. One chap was still looking for Imenhotep's grave - they're still at it.

    As a girl it seems she was heavily influenced by Lara Croft.

    https://www.channel4.com/programmes/tutankhamun-secrets-of-the-tomb

    --
    Bah, and indeed Humbug.

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  • From Charles Packer@21:1/5 to John on Sun Nov 6 21:44:52 2022
    On Sun, 06 Nov 2022 12:30:46 +0000, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:

    On Sat, 5 Nov 2022 17:56:02 -0000 (UTC)
    "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:

    King Tut's tomb was discovered a century ago yesterday, inspiring
    everything from monster movies featuring mummies to action movies
    featuring Harrison Ford.

    It was 32 centuries old when found, 33 centuries old now. But it was
    part of Egypt's *New* Kingdom. The pyramids were as far before Tut's
    day as Charlemagne's rule and the Viking raids were before our day.
    (Tut's tomb was not in a pyramid.)


    Saw a TV programme (Channel 4 UK) last night; a British Archeologist (of Yemeni origin) went through the "Curse" and biographies of some of those involved. One chap was still looking for Imenhotep's grave - they're
    still at it.

    As a girl it seems she was heavily influenced by Lara Croft.

    https://www.channel4.com/programmes/tutankhamun-secrets-of-the-tomb


    For what it's worth, newspaper archives show that the Tomb Raiders
    game was first advertised in British papers starting Oct 31, 1996
    (Halloween!). It didn't hit the American papers until Nov 23,
    with accelerating advertising (and rave reviews) nationwide as
    Thanksgiving approached.

    And for what /this/ is worth, the King Tut phenomenon followed
    a parallel time course. News of the tomb's discovery hit
    newspapers on Nov. 28, 1922. Background stories then revealed that
    the actual discovery had been on Nov. 4. Coverage continued to
    rise as Christmas approached.

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  • From Andrew Love@21:1/5 to Keith F. Lynch on Mon Nov 7 14:20:46 2022
    On Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 1:56:03 PM UTC-4, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
    King Tut's tomb was discovered a century ago yesterday, inspiring
    everything from monster movies featuring mummies to action movies
    featuring Harrison Ford.

    And inspiring a song by Steve Martin as well.

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  • From Charles Packer@21:1/5 to Andrew Love on Tue Nov 8 08:46:36 2022
    On Mon, 07 Nov 2022 14:20:46 -0800, Andrew Love wrote:

    On Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 1:56:03 PM UTC-4, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
    King Tut's tomb was discovered a century ago yesterday, inspiring
    everything from monster movies featuring mummies to action movies
    featuring Harrison Ford.

    And inspiring a song by Steve Martin as well.

    By Feb. 1923 the ladies' columns of newspapers were almost
    demanding that women get aboard the Egyptian fashion bandwagon.

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