Jul
12
King Tut: Egyptian Ladyboy?
I smelled a conspiracy. Could ancient Egyptian embalmers have replaced the royal member to hide the fact that their king’s manhood was somewhat lacking? What’s more, the front of Tut’s chest is missing, so it’s impossible to check whether he did indeed have breasts.
- Jo Marchant, ‘On the trail of Tutankhamen’s penis’, New Scientist, 25 June 2010, < http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/06/on-the-trail-of-tutankhamens-penis.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news>.
AW: I smell a spurious attempt to find a historical scandal based on a few unanswered questions.
