# Marge Simpson image in Egyptian coffin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 20, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marge-simpson-image-in-egyptian-coffin/1003113 "2024-06-20T13:19:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marge-simpson-image-in-egyptian-coffin/1003113/1 "2024-06-20T13:19:28Z")
Woman with yellow skin? Check. Tall blue hair? Check. Strapless light green dress? Check. No matching Homer coffin, however. > **[Marge Simpson's likeness found in ancient Egyptian coffin. What does this...](https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/an-ancient-egyptian-marge-simpson-archeologists-find-coffin-with-uncanny-image-of-cartoon-character-1.6932858)** > > Coffin lids during the New Kingdom era are known for their intricate designs, but this particular cover was remarkable for another reason from the perspective of social media users and fans of the longtime Fox animated sitcom 'The Simpsons.' ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marge-simpson-image-in-egyptian-coffin/1003113/2 "2024-06-20T13:21:07Z")
Yep. That’s her. She doesn’t like to be called Mary. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marge-simpson-image-in-egyptian-coffin/1003113/3 "2024-06-20T13:45:40Z")
Missed the edit window. Sent request for fix. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marge-simpson-image-in-egyptian-coffin/1003113/4 "2024-06-20T13:54:22Z")
That goddess looks like the day-time version of Nut, the goddess of the sky. Here’s a night-time version. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Goddes_nut_inside_the_coffin_of_peftjauneith_%28rmo_leiden%2C_egypt_26d_664-525bc%29_%283977549159%29.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Goddes_nut_inside_the_coffin_of_peftjauneith_%28rmo_leiden%2C_egypt_26d_664-525bc%29_%283977549159%29.jpg) > **[Nut (goddess)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nut_(goddess))** > > Nut /ˈnʊt/ (Ancient Egyptian: Nwt, Coptic: Ⲛⲉ\[citation needed\]), also known by various other transcriptions, is the goddess of the sky, stars, cosmos, mothers, astronomy, and the universe in the ancient Egyptian religion. She was seen as a star-covered nude woman arching over the Earth, or as a cow. She was depicted wearing the water-pot sign (nw) that identifies her. > > The pronunciation of ancient Egyptian is uncertain because vowels were long omitted from its writing, although her name often i... ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marge-simpson-image-in-egyptian-coffin/1003113/5 "2024-06-20T13:56:50Z")
I’m not seeing the pearls. Maybe nicked by Carnarvon? IIRC, Homer was buried in a piano packing crate. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marge-simpson-image-in-egyptian-coffin/1003113/6 "2024-06-20T14:17:12Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > No matching Homer coffin, however. They already found him on a box of Japanese dish detergent. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marge-simpson-image-in-egyptian-coffin/1003113/7 "2024-06-20T14:38:43Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > They already found him on a box of Japanese dish detergent. Every time I see a BuBuBuBulbhead commercial I think of old Homer Fishbulb. [![](https://www.bulbhead.com/cdn/shop/files/bulbhead.png?height=628&pad_color=fff&v=1653376317&width=1200) ](https://www.bulbhead.com/cdn/shop/files/bulbhead.png?height=628&pad_color=fff&v=1653376317&width=1200) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marge-simpson-image-in-egyptian-coffin/1003113/8 "2024-06-20T16:34:23Z")
I think that’s a hat of some sort, not hair. And it looks more green than blue to me. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marge-simpson-image-in-egyptian-coffin/1003113/9 "2024-06-20T16:51:14Z")
" What does this discovery mean?" That Fashion is even more cyclical than we thought. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marge-simpson-image-in-egyptian-coffin/1003113/10 "2024-06-20T16:57:12Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And it looks more green than blue to me. [![](https://frinkiac.com/meme/S04E19/1136134.jpg?b64lines=SSBHT1QgTk9USElORyBUTyBXT1JLCiBXSVRIIEhFUkUuIE5PVEhJTkcu) ](https://frinkiac.com/meme/S04E19/1136134.jpg?b64lines=SSBHT1QgTk9USElORyBUTyBXT1JLCiBXSVRIIEhFUkUuIE5PVEhJTkcu) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marge-simpson-image-in-egyptian-coffin/1003113/11 "2024-06-20T18:07:19Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > They already found him on a box of Japanese dish detergent. You have very lucky dishes, Mr. Simpson. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marge-simpson-image-in-egyptian-coffin/1003113/12 "2024-06-20T20:14:50Z")
“The kick is up and…it’s good!” ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marge-simpson-image-in-egyptian-coffin/1003113/13 "2024-06-20T21:52:32Z")
Is there some specific reason why this is popping up in the news again after eight months? Because I saw this one on reddit [back in October](https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtefactPorn/s/drHbHpf19z) The [linked article](https://egyptian-gazette.com/egypt/plo-committee-secretary-in-talks-with-egypt-fm-on-israeli-aggression-on-gaza/) has a bunch of pictures of other stuff from the tomb. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marge-simpson-image-in-egyptian-coffin/1003113/14 "2024-06-20T23:07:03Z")
News travels slowly up here until the snow melts.