King Tut Has Been Whitewashed
Los Angeles - US black activists demanded on Wednesday that a bust of Tutankhamun be removed from a landmark exhibition of artefacts from the Egyptian boy king's tomb because the statue portrays him as white.
The face of the legendary pharaoh, who died around 3 300 years ago at the age of just 19, was reconstructed earlier this year through images collected through cat scans of his mummy, found near Luxor in Egypt in 1922.
"They have depicted King Tut as white, but the ancient Egyptians were black people," he told AFP.
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Family ... this is deeper than deep.
I encourage you all to listen to Brother OldSoul's Class from yesterday, as he speaks on this in depth, as well as many other things!
Much Love and Peace.
Destee
Los Angeles - US black activists demanded on Wednesday that a bust of Tutankhamun be removed from a landmark exhibition of artefacts from the Egyptian boy king's tomb because the statue portrays him as white.
The face of the legendary pharaoh, who died around 3 300 years ago at the age of just 19, was reconstructed earlier this year through images collected through cat scans of his mummy, found near Luxor in Egypt in 1922.
"They have depicted King Tut as white, but the ancient Egyptians were black people," he told AFP.
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Family ... this is deeper than deep.
I encourage you all to listen to Brother OldSoul's Class from yesterday, as he speaks on this in depth, as well as many other things!
Much Love and Peace.
Destee