Tutankhamun Exhibit: An Egyptian Endowment?

[_harmony]

Walk like an Egyptian...

Surely there were some examples of Reformed Egyptian in this exhibition. I mean, they didn't have any when I saw it in Chicago a few years ago, but surely by now they're seen the error of their ways.

[_Trevor]

Surprisingly, the narrator didn't mention any parallels to Mormonism.

Please, you're killing me over here! LOLOLOLOLOL!!!

[_Trevor]

Hey, Min is a lot like Mormon God! His arm is to the square and he has a Real Big penis.

Well, I guess that proves it, then. The Church is true.

[_Trevor]

Walk like an Egyptian...

Yes, the Bangles were channeling Nibley, dontchya know?

[_Danna]

If you look at facilimie #2, you'll see that the guy in Figure #3 is actually "made to represent God, sitting upon his throne, clothed with power and authority; with a crown of eternal light upon his head; representing also the grand Key-words of the Holy Priesthood, as revealed to Adam in the Garden of Eden, as also to Seth, Noah, Melchizedek, Abraham, and all to whom the Priesthood was revealed."

Likewise, Figure #7 is "God sitting upon his throne, revealing through the heavens the grand Key-words of the Priesthood."

The gestures of those two individuals vaguely resemble a couple of the "signs" in the endowment (assuming, of course, that the member in #7 is an arm sticking out with a hand in a cupping shape, and not a penis).

In my Kimball era Book of Abraham, the offending member has been deleted. So I think it was recognised as a willy, rather than a cupping hand. At least until recently.

The squared arm gripping the flail has to be the last nail in the coffin. It is so distinctly symbolic (along with the boner) of Min. And Joseph Smith was clearly totally oblivious to the meaning of the whole plaque.

[_Brackite]

Walk like an Egyptian...

Surely there were some examples of Reformed Egyptian in this exhibition. I mean, they didn't have any when I saw it in Chicago a few years ago, but surely by now they're seen the error of their ways.

Walk Like An Egyptian:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e09o3wk-qyc

[_KimberlyAnn]

So how did the exhibition go?

We've not gone yet! But thanks for asking. :)

The exhibit is in Dallas. We'll be there next week over Thanksgiving break. It's about a five hour drive, but thanks to DVD screens in the minivan and lots of snacks, my girls won't mind the drive at all.

We watched a bit about Tut on television tonight, and learned he had a cleft palate, as did his father Akhenaten.

The television program also inspired conversation about Tut's demise. My girls are divided as to the cause of his death. Three of them believe he died due to gangrene in his broken leg. The hold-out, Madeline, my conspiracy theorist, still believes he was murdered (though the evidence shows otherwise), and has concocted her own crazy scenario as to how it happened. Knowing her she'll tell everyone at the exhibit her nutty theory.

I still can't fathom what exactly some Mormons saw at the exhibit that reminded them of the temple endowment. But I'll be on the lookout. Who knows? Maybe the exhibit is staffed by bored looking elderly men in white polyester suits?

KA

[_ludwigm]

I propose to read a book : The Egyptian by Mika Waltari

...
The hero of the novel is not Akhenaten (the most common hypothesis holds that Tutankhamun was the son of Akhenaten), however, but the fictional character Sinuhe, the royal physician, who tells the story in exile after Akhenaten's fall and death.
... the book became an international bestseller, topping the bestseller lists in the USA in 1949. It remained the most sold foreign novel in the US before its place was taken over by The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco ...

It is one of my favourite.

If You like Waltari's style and viewpoint, I suggest The Adventurer and The Wanderer. (Mikael & Mikael Hakim) The former is about the time of protestant reformation, the latter is about islam and the era of Sultan Suleyman.
( سليمان Suleiman personally led Ottoman armies to conquer the Christian strongholds of Belgrade, Rhodes, and most of Hungary before his conquests were checked at the Siege of Vienna in 1529. )

[_Danna]

Not that I am obsessed or anything, but I found a great image of a Min scupture. In 3D you get a better idea of what he is doing with his other arm.

The wee stick figure, Figure 7 in Facsimile 2, of the Book of Abraham is more clearly depicted thus: