EgyptToday
4 June 2019: A 3,000-year-old stone statue bearing the features of the most famous ancient Egyptian king Tutankhamun is expected to be auctioned at £4 million in Christie’s auction London on July 4. Tutankhamun bust shows the golden king with almond-shaped eyes and drooping lower lip; it shows Tutankhamun as Amun, the most important god of the era. It is the first time that a piece owned by a private collector has appeared on the open market since 1985. Christie’s experts believe that king Tut’s bust was located in the past at the Temple of Karnak in Upper Egypt. More
…sorry, can’t discuss King Tut without this scholarly dissertation on the subject…
https://youtu.be/FYbavuReVF4
^^Thanks for that. I couldn’t remember if he was born in Arizona and moved to Babylonia, or vice versa.
…some controversy over the last line…it was supposed to be “condoM” made of stone-a, but ’80s SNL audiences were determined to be too sensitive, so “condo” it was, and so the Tut legacy was forever altered…
(It was NOT, btw…wonder when THIS will come up for auction…)
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/ancient-methods-contraception-even-tutankhamun-wore-protection-009205
Will they take a two-party, out-of-state check?
I can supply the rest of his nose for say….$5 K….the canuba wax will be another $150, but Alexandra will vacuum out the interior….
Steve Martin classic
https://youtu.be/FYbavuReVF4
😂😉
I woulda thunk Egypt woulda claimed ownership of that by now…
looks more like King Rutin Tutin to me