King Tut's Penis Rediscovered

[dogday]

May 3, 2006 — King Tutankhamun's rediscovered penis could make the pharaoh stand out in the shrunken world of male mummies, according to a close look into old pictures of the 3,300-year-old mummified king.

The formerly missing sex organ has been just another puzzle in the story of the best-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt.

Photographed intact by Harry Burton (1879-1940) during Howard Carter's excavation of Tut's tomb in 1922, the royal penis was reported missing in 1968, when British scientist Ronald Harrison took a series of X-rays of the mummy.

Speculation abounded that the penis had been stolen and sold.


http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20060501/tutpnis_arc.html?source=rss

[OldLeftieLawyer]

1. Uh oh

Look out, Mrs. Tut................

[xchrom]

2. matcom had it.

[annabanana]

9. HAhahahahahahahahahaha!

- good one -

[saltpoint]

3. Now if we can just round up some balls and brains for Dubya...

[htuttle]

4. Thank heavens they found it!

Whew! I can only imagine what it would be like to wake up in the afterlife without your penis!

[papau]

5. He does have a family resemblance - :-)

:-)

[Deja Q]

6. It figures.

Tut there was a big mean ruler, as most were back in the day and how things will be again within a decade...

And don't expect me to be surprised to see why, we all know the story. And Lil' Tut is the visual evidence.

[dogday]

7. Silly me, I always thought he had it ....

looks like something is in the photograph... I need better glasses...

[blueknight]

8. i need to lose

about 30 pounds so i can find mine:shrug:

[dogday]

10. Thanks for sharing that!!!

:hi:

[Crankie Avalon]

11. Looks like his tomb was in someone's swimming pool all that time.

[tocqueville]

12. Chimperor Dickus Minutus Bushus' penis still missing

the house of the harlot Jeffus Ganno is under investigation

[dogday]

13. kicking for a little evening humor