King Tut's mummified erect penis may point to ancient religi

[cronus]

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/king-tut ... 2D11850882

King Tut's mummified erect penis may point to ancient religious struggle

Egypt's King Tutankhamun was embalmed in an unusual way, including having his penis mummified at a 90-degree angle, in an effort to combat a religious revolution unleashed by his father, a new study suggests.

The pharaoh was buried in Egypt's Valley of the Kings without a heart (or a replacement artifact known as a heart scarab); his penis was mummified erect; and his mummy and coffins were covered in a thick layer of black liquid that appear to have resulted in the boy-king catching fire.

These anomalies have received both scholarly and media attention in recent years, and a new paper in the journal Études et Travaux by Egyptologist Salima Ikram, a professor at the American University in Cairo, proposes a reason why they, and other Tutankhamun burial anomalies, exist. [See Photos of King Tut's Mummy & His Burial]

The mummified erect penis and other burial anomalies were not accidents during embalming, Ikram suggests, but rather deliberate attempts to make the king appear as Osiris, the god of the underworld, in as literal a way as possible. The erect penis evokes Osiris' regenerative powers; the black liquid made Tutankhamun's skin color resemble that of Osiris; and the lost heart recalled the story of the god being cut to pieces by his brother Seth and his heart buried.

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[Svartalf]

Funny... I've got several books on mummies, and read a lot of stuff on the subject, but I NEVER read mention of any of those things... and seriously, if Tut's mummy had burned, that would be known, would it not?

EDIT counterchecked, yep, the wrappings had started to slow combust...

[Xamonas Chegwé]

Pretty much none of what is in that article agrees with the Wikipedia page on Tut's mummy either! Sounds like a single archeologist putting out her pet theories to me...

There was extensive damage to the mummy during Howard Carter's initial unwrapping (including the penis going missing, broken limbs, damage to the skull, etc.) that led to much speculation about him dying in a violent murder.

[laklak]

"missing penis". Two words you never want to hear your doctor say.

[JimC]

Seth cutting people into pieces?

[pErvinalia]

Did they have AR-15's back in ye olde Egypt?

[Mishakal]

So in a straight up choice between worshiping a dude with a woodie or a colorless sundisk (like his Dad wanted Egypt to do) what would you pick?

[tattuchu]

So in a straight up choice between worshiping a dude with a woodie or a colorless sundisk (like his Dad wanted Egypt to do) what would you pick?

How old was Tut when he died? Worshiping a boy king with a boner might be a little awkward in modern times

[Audley Strange]

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/king-tut ... 2D11850882

King Tut's mummified erect penis may point to ancient religious struggle

Egypt's King Tutankhamun was embalmed in an unusual way, including having his penis mummified at a 90-degree angle, in an effort to combat a religious revolution unleashed by his father, a new study suggests.

The pharaoh was buried in Egypt's Valley of the Kings without a heart (or a replacement artifact known as a heart scarab); his penis was mummified erect; and his mummy and coffins were covered in a thick layer of black liquid that appear to have resulted in the boy-king catching fire.

These anomalies have received both scholarly and media attention in recent years, and a new paper in the journal Études et Travaux by Egyptologist Salima Ikram, a professor at the American University in Cairo, proposes a reason why they, and other Tutankhamun burial anomalies, exist. [See Photos of King Tut's Mummy & His Burial]

The mummified erect penis and other burial anomalies were not accidents during embalming, Ikram suggests, but rather deliberate attempts to make the king appear as Osiris, the god of the underworld, in as literal a way as possible. The erect penis evokes Osiris' regenerative powers; the black liquid made Tutankhamun's skin color resemble that of Osiris; and the lost heart recalled the story of the god being cut to pieces by his brother Seth and his heart buried.

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Aww bless, but it was Osiris cock that went missing, which was then reattached to his corpse by Isis who then became fertile and gave birth to Horus. Suddenly the Tut Ankh Amun story doesn't seem so odd. They were setting him up as reincarnation of Osiris. I thought this was already all known about? I'm sure I read about this when I was into Egypt stuff in my teens.

[Svartalf]

Every dead Pharaoh was Osiris, just as he was Horus in life.

[Horwood Beer-Master]

...the lost heart recalled the story of the god being cut to pieces by his brother Seth...

Surely "shot to pieces"?