Comments on: King Tut’s Tomb Discovered!!!

By: Doug Alder

Doug Alder — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:28:03 +0000

Greg – yes that’s the first – warning – they’re addictive and there’s now about 20 in the series 🙂

By: BobFromLI

BobFromLI — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:24:55 +0000

I saw the exhibit when it was in NY. Having seen the golden mask when a similar exhibit was mounted in the ’70s, I was disappointed in its not making a return engagement so my family could appreciate the wonder of it. Nevertheless, it was still a thrilling experience.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:43:41 +0000

Is this the first one: Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, Book 1)

By: Doug Alder

Doug Alder — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:33:08 +0000

Greg – be sure to start from the beginning then if you can. It’s a series that follows a husband/wife then child archaeology family through 30 or so years at the turn of the 19th/20th C. – lots of mystery and very funny in places. She’s an excellent writer.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:21:45 +0000

Doug, I’m aware of Barbara Mertz work, but I’ve not read any of the fiction. I should.

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 08:41:52 +0000

I have read nearly the entire Elizabeth Peters novels set in the early 1900s in Egypt. As she herself is an archaeologist specializing in Egyptology she brings a wonderful sense of realism to her fiction. Are you familiar with them Greg?

By: scidogs

scidogs — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 08:14:02 +0000

i can’t think of any find like this in my life time,65YO,that has the same hold on popular culture.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:28:53 +0000

People have been sneaking into these old Egyptian tombs for thousands of years!

By: Jim Thomerson

Jim Thomerson — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:13:24 +0000

I was a research associate at the Field Museum when the King Tut exhibit was there. I went up with wife and kids to return some specimens. We got with one of the curators and were driving around to the loading dock. There was a long line of people waiting for the museum to open. One of the curator’s old high school buddies was in line, and recognized the curator as we drove by. We loaded him and and his girlfriend in and all went in through the loading dock. So my family and I went through the King Tut exhibit, by ourselves, before the museum opened, but the couple were given tickets, waited until later in the day.