# King Tut's mummified erect penis may point to ancient religious struggle

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**Created:** [January 3, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-tuts-mummified-erect-penis-may-point-to-ancient-religious-struggle/677829 "2014-01-03T21:42:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-tuts-mummified-erect-penis-may-point-to-ancient-religious-struggle/677829/1 "2014-01-03T21:42:40Z")

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Somebody at NBC has a sense of humor. 😉 I’ve read many stories about King Tut and never knew he was buried with a boner.

I’m thankful no pictures were included. 😛

So did they ever find the missing dick? How do they know it was erect if it went missing?

> **[King Tut's mummified erect penis may point to ancient religious struggle](https://www.nbcnews.com/science/king-tuts-mummified-erect-penis-may-point-ancient-religious-struggle-2D11850882)**

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> Egypt’s King Tutankhamun was embalmed in an unusual way, including having his penis mummified at a 90-degree angle, in an effort to combat a religious revolution unleashed by his father, a new study suggests.
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> The pharaoh was buried in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings without a heart (or a replacement artifact known as a heart scarab); his penis was mummified erect; and his mummy and coffins were covered in a thick layer of black liquid that appear to have resulted in the boy-king catching fire

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> Tutankhamun’s mummified penis eventually broke off from his body after the mummy was discovered, at one point leading to media speculation that it had been stolen.
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> Ikram has yet to encounter another Egyptian mummy buried with an erection. “As far as I know, no other mummy has been found thus far with an erect penis,” she told LiveScience in an email.

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**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-tuts-mummified-erect-penis-may-point-to-ancient-religious-struggle/677829/2 "2014-01-03T21:59:39Z")

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I know you’re supposed to wrap it for protection but really…

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-tuts-mummified-erect-penis-may-point-to-ancient-religious-struggle/677829/3 "2014-01-03T22:46:43Z")

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If your erection lasts more than 3300 years, please contact your physician.

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-tuts-mummified-erect-penis-may-point-to-ancient-religious-struggle/677829/4 "2014-01-03T22:53:07Z")

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So glad I wasn’t drinking when I read that.