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" <[email protected]> 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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