Image of Tut Stirs Debate
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Image of Tut Stirs Debate


http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-tut2505sep25,0,5185973.story?coll=orl-home-headlines
Another article presenting criticism of the Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibition, for depicting Tutankhamum as caucasian: "Computer-generated portraits of Tutankhamun in an exhibit coming to Fort Lauderdale's Museum of Art in December have sparked criticism and protests by black activists who say they depict the boy king as white. Researchers hired by the National Geographic Society, one of the exhibit's sponsors, say current forensic data and recent CT scans of his mummy were used to create the images. African scholars and black activists dispute the portrayal and predict protests when the show moves here like those that have occurred in Los Angeles".




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The Canadian Press The Franklin Institute Science Museum's blockbuster King Tut show has turned out to be its most popular exhibit ever.Officials said Monday that more than 1.3 million people visited the exhibit "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of...

- Hawass Says That Tutankhamun Was Not Black
AFP Egyptian antiquities supremo Zahi Hawass insisted Tuesday that Tutankhamun was not black despite calls by US black activists to recognise the boy king's dark skin colour."Tutankhamun was not black, and the portrayal of ancient Egyptian civilisation...

- How Do You Take Your Tut?
http://www.opinioneditorials.com/freedomwriters/jjordan_20050929.html An article taking an uncompromsing look at the recent discussions about whether the Ancient Eygptians were black or white. Written by Jim Jordan, and entitled How Do You Take Your Tut,...

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- King Tut Exhibit Outrages Activists
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/4581445/detail.html "African-American activists criticized the Board of Supervisors Tuesday for allowing a King Tut exhibition at the county Museum of Art, saying that renderings of the boy king as white are inaccurate . . . ....



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