Re: Tut's Teats Tell Tale

[Bob Officer]

On Sun, 16 Sep 2012 05:06:52 -0700 (PDT), in misc.health.alternative,
"John H. Gohde" <john.h...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Sep 15, 1:13�pm, ironjustice <ironjust...@cool.zzn.com> wrote:
>> I guess we can mark THIS one , solved , too .
>> Iron.
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>>
>> King Tut's man-boobs may give clue to cause of death
>>
>> A worker passes in front of a large mock funerary mask of King
>> Tutankhamun at the booth of Egypt prior to the upcoming international
>> tourism industry fair (ITB) in Berlin March 7, 2011. (REUTERS/Fabrizio
>> Bensch)
>>
>> King Tutankhamun's large breasts and wide hips may provide a clue to
>> his untimely, mysterious death from a genetic disease that could cause
>> feminine features, a medical expert says.
>>
>> The latest theory into the ancient boy king's sudden death at 19 comes
>> after numerous others, including murder, tuberculosis and a snake
>> bite.
>>
>> Hutan Ashrafian, a surgeon at the Imperial College in London, told the
>> Washington Post and New Scientist that the Egyptian pharaoh may have
>> suffered from a genetically inherited disorder as his predecessors
>> also died young with feminine bodies.
>>
>> He believes Tut and his family could have suffered from temporal lobe
>> epilepsy as the disease can cause the brain to alter hormones
>> responsible for sexual development and could explain the king's large
>> breasts.
>>
>> Epilepsy could also be to blame for causing hallucinations as Tut and
>> a relative are believed to have had religious visions, Ashrafian said.
>>
>> The mystery remains, however, as there's no definitive genetic test
>> for epilepsy, experts told the Post.
>>
>> Tut's mummified body and his elaborate tomb -- considered the most
>> significant archeological discovery of the century -- was discovered
>> in 1922.
>>
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>>
>> Breasts on men , gynecomastia , �is a known symptom of iron excess.
>> Iron excess causes hypogonadism which causes gynecomastia.
>> "Hypogonadism with anosmia, also develop gynecomastia."
>> Coincidentally , previous research in the Valley of the Golden Mummies
>> showed mummies were iron overloaded.
>> "We believe that the early death of people who lived in the oasis can
>> be attributed to the water they drank from wells that could contain
>> iron, which affected their bones,"http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/721/eg10.htm
>>
>> At one time the ONLY treatment for breasts on men , gynecomastia , was
>> bloodletting , and bloodletting is NOW being called , iron reduction
>> therapy. Bloodletting is called phlebotomy , venesection by the
>> medical profession.
>> Coincidentally , breasts on men , gynecomastia can be caused by iron
>> overload and coincidentally , Tut had breasts AND iron overload was
>> found in mummies.
>> Looking closer , hypogonadism is found to be expressed in those who
>> are effeminate , low hormones , and the article SPECIFICALLY states
>> they have feminine bodies.
>> "His predecessors also died young with feminine bodies"
>> "Phlebotomy alone may be adequate treatment for hypogonadotropic
>> hypogonadism"
>>
>> So did Tut too have hemochromatosis , iron overload , as other mummies
>> have been found ?
>>
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>>
>> The Golden Mummies live
>> British and Egyptian viewers were fastened simultaneously to their TVs
>> on Sunday as archaeologists drew them into a live excavation to find
>> more secrets hidden in the Valley of the Golden Mummies. Nevine El-
>> Aref was there
>> Cold, darkness and silence reigned over the desert night near Bahariya
>> Oasis, but the Valley of the Golden Mummies was as bright as day under
>> six moon-shaped halogen lamps. Attached to the sand by four iron bars,
>> the lamps hung over an excavation pit which would be the first part to
>> be explored in an innovative TV programme.
>>
>> The serenity and divinity of the valley -- six kilometres from the
>> oasis into the parched desert -- was disturbed last Sunday as a TV
>> crew of about 200 producers and technicians arrived laden with nearly
>> a million kilogrammes of equipment. Alongside were 10 caravans for
>> Egyptologists and anchors and a large, white plastic hemispheric tent
>> equipped with X-ray machines, computers and cameras to serve the
>> programme.
>>
>> Suddenly, the valley was turned into a movie set. Inside a yellow
>> caravan sat Zahi Hawass, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of
>> Antiquities (SCA) and the star of the show, along with the BBC Channel
>> 5 presenter. Their concentration was now and then disturbed by
>> directions from Richard Belfielt, joint managing director of Fulcrum
>> TV, who was in charge of the live broadcast.
>>
>> Belfielt described the live event as an archaeological appetiser for
>> viewers, who would join in a thrilling experience never before
>> attempted.
>>
>> "We choose Bahariya Oasis as our broadcast location because it is a
>> completely different ancient site, which shows the life of ancient,
>> ordinary people like us and not like royalty," he said. He said their
>> lifestyle, religious beliefs and domestic life would be revealed.
>>
>> "This live adventure beneath the treasured sand could be our lucky
>> occasion, or we could end up with false hopes," Hawass told Al-Ahram
>> Weekly shortly before the broadcast began.
>>
>> Hawass conceded that between the start of an excavation and the moment
>> of discovery lay a world of toil, trouble and sometimes
>> disappointment; but the rigours were sweetened by the thrill of a
>> find.
>>
>> At 11pm sharp Egypt time -- 9pm in the UK, and peak viewing time -- as
>> a chilly breeze ruffled the hair of the onlookers, a hushed silence
>> descended, broken only by the countdown of the TV crew. As the camera
>> rolled a dramatic musical rhythm filled the air, and onscreen appeared
>> the sand of the Valley of the Golden Mummies, dotted with thousands of
>> ancient skeletons. Bones were scattered everywhere. "Here is a right
>> hand missing, there is a deteriorated skull along with another one of
>> a woman who once suffered from leprosy. But that one is a skeleton of
>> a very healthy individual," an anthropologist was saying, pointing out
>> to the overwhelming number of limb bones.
>>
>> Skimming over the ancient bones, cameras took viewers beneath the sand
>> where the golden mummies lay in their graves. The presenter, along
>> with a Roman Period specialist, related the story of the mummies'
>> memorable discovery. A donkey belonging to an antiquities guard, who
>> was riding round the Graeco-Roman monuments in Bahariya Oasis and
>> making a safety check of the site, tripped and fell into a hole. This
>> led to the discovery of the first golden mummies. (Meanwhile donkeys
>> are braying, brought in to add ambiance to the set.)
>>
>> At the selected pit Hawass, wielding an axe, cleared the sand from the
>> entrance so as to take onlookers into the heart of a live discovery.
>> This time Hawass was not wearing his usual Indiana Jones hat, but had
>> donned a site helmet with an affixed camera. Before the programme
>> began he was concerned that they might not find anything inside, and
>> in order not to disappoint viewers had prepared another site rich in
>> burial treasures that the team had stumbled upon earlier in the day.
>>
>> While the digging went on, Egyptologist Salima Ikram, a professor at
>> the American University in Cairo (AUC) explained, along with computer
>> graphic simulation, how Ancient Egyptians mummified the bodies of
>> their Pharaohs and preserved their grave goods. In the hemispheric
>> working area, Aymen Abdel-Ghani of the National Research Centre
>> pointed out recent studies made on bones. He said X- rays showed that
>> the average lifespan of oasis dwellers in the Roman Period ranged from
>> 35-40, but that they had good medical care and some broken bones had
>> been correctly treated.
>>
>> Earlier Hawass told the Weekly that examination of some of the
>> unearthed skulls revealed that some had died from severe headache,
>> while one woman had a broken hand but lived 10 years after treatment.
>> A 50-year-old man had two broken legs and died following his accident,
>> while another suffered from sinusitis.
>>
>> "We believe that the early death of people who lived in the oasis can
>> be attributed to the water they drank from wells that could contain
>> iron, which affected their bones," Hawass said. He added that this
>> theory would be put to the test when the water was analysed.
>>
>> While Hawass removed a pile of stone rubble from the tomb entrance, a
>> beauty specialist in the working zone of the hemisphere was using
>> ancient implements to fabricate an artificial mummy with a golden mask
>> featuring the presenter, who was now entering the tomb with Hawass.
>> But when they were only a few steps inside there was a technical
>> problem. Perhaps the Pharaohs' curse had found its way on set, but as
>> technicians attempted to solve the problem a computer graphic
>> simulation featuring the architectural design and decoration of a
>> Roman tomb was screened. The simulation showed reliefs, drawings and
>> paintings found two years ago in Djed Khonsu's tomb at the Al-Sheikh
>> Subi site at Bahariya.
>>
>> Graphic designer Maya Gavin made the four- minute computer simulation
>> from 174 photographs of Ged Khunsu's tomb. It was a difficult and
>> complicated task which took three months to complete.
>>
>> The technical problem solved, the burial chamber appeared on screen to
>> disclose a beautiful anthropoid clay coffin of a woman. "This woman
>> was her husband's beloved," Hawass said, "because she has the largest
>> tomb ever found for one person." He added that his first examination
>> indicated the tomb belonged to a middle class family but was robbed in
>> antiquity, perhaps right after the burial. The sarcophagus contained a
>> well- preserved skeleton.
>>
>> Further inside the tomb was another sealed entrance, but opening it
>> might take another hour. Hawass promised to make another episode to
>> discover what lay behind this sealed block.
>>
>> Mansour Borek, chief inspector of the Giza Plateau and a member of the
>> Bahariya excavation team, told the Weekly that 20 mummies, some
>> gilded, were recently discovered. This discovery was broadcast live
>> last week to America in the Discovery Channel. Early studies revealed
>> they belonged to a middle class family since they had been wrapped in
>> linen with no decoration. Meanwhile another cemetery for upper class
>> families had been uncovered, but it had been robbed in antiquity and
>> reused in successive periods.
>>
>> Hawass pointed out that the most important tomb was the one containing
>> eight "beautifully mummified" bodies and one covered with gold. Near
>> the mummies were some unique necklaces, bracelets, and clay wine jars.
>> Clay vessels decorated with the face of Bes, the deity of joy and
>> pleasure, were also unearthed.
>>
>> In the Al-Sheikh Subi area of Al-Bawiti, Bahariya's capital, four
>> other tombs have been discovered. Borek said they belonged to the
>> family of the Bahariya governor, Djed Khonsu, who held office during
>> the reign of Ahmose II in the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty.
>>
>> The expedition opened the sealed shaft that descended 30 feet
>> underground and found a large limestone anthropoid sarcophagus. It
>> belonged to Iry-Hr-Kheib, brother of Djed Khonsu.
>>
>> On both sides of the sarcophagus are scenes with the sign of Maat, the
>> goddess of justice and truth, and lines of hieroglyphic text written
>> from the head to the foot of the lid. Hawass said it conveyed the
>> message that this man was "the one who makes the perfect eye", meaning
>> that he conducted rituals. "So that means that he was a priest
>> performing this act in the temple of Bes or the one of Ain Al-Muftilla
>> nearby," Hawass said.
>>
>> The wealth of Bahariya oasis during the 26th Dynasty can be seen
>> through both discoveries. Many oasis dwellers were traders who
>> monopolised the wine trade, as wine was much desired in the afterlife.
>> This wealth bought gold from the mines in Nubia. "Bahariya was the
>> Napa Valley of Egypt," Hawass said.
>>
>> Who loves ya.
>> Tom
>>
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>Since when did King Tutankhamun suffer from female features?

According to history it had to be some time after 1341 BC but before
1323 BC when he died.

Simple question to just look up, John. You claim to be too
intelligent to get cancer but to stupid to look up simple facts, what
does that really say?

>Frankly, I would rather have been left in the dark on this issue. I
>don't really care about families where brother and sisters mate with
>each other, or other royal freaks of nature.

Well maybe you should look at your own family tree and see how many
branches there are in it.

>Got anything else remotely human to discuss in the health arena?

[John H. Gohde]

Got anything else remotely human to discuss in the health arena? Or,
are you unable to read the printed word?