This November is the 100th anniversary of the discovery of King Tut’s tomb

I want all his riches.

Some of his stuff was just thrown in there like a storage unit.

1000 years from now people are going to find our tombs all over the place. "His servants placed his rocking chair here for the afterlife" "He was planning on reading a stack of Sports Illustrated swimsuit editions on his trip across the river Styx."

Buried with a donkey.

Any of you Tiger fans know the name of the man who discovered King Tut’s tomb? Hint: It wasn’t Tyrone “Bingo” Black.

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King Tut

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His father Akhenaten was infinitely more fascinating than he was, in fact one of the most interesting characters in all of Ancient Egypt imo.

#32 looks fake as hell

The tomb is 3300 years old. The mask is breathtaking. It’s almost unbelievable the tomb survived intact. Humanity is very lucky. Only the Rosetta Stone can beat this discovery regarding the ancient Egyptians IMO.

I want to travel to Egypt one day to see all of it over a couple of months once retired. Pyramids, Valley of the Kings, and even the lesser known pyramids/sites with top tier guides/accommodations/access. Definitely high up on my bucket list.

"From Chicago, Tut moved to New Orleans, running from September 15, 1977, to January 15, 1978. The museum had never hosted anything to rival Tut. One month before the exhibition debuted, group tours sold out. The museum also stopped offering memberships, which included access to the exhibition, after subscriptions climbed from 3,000 to 12,000.

When the doors closed, 870,594 people had seen the show and spent $75 million in town. The museum saw Tut off with a jazz funeral."







The wife and I with three other couples went, what struck me at the time was the discovery and preservation of such beautiful and priceless objects 3,000 + years old, and the insight they provided into an advanced ancient civilization. It remains one of the best museum exhibits I've ever seen.