Labels: kunstgeschichte, that's bullshit
we've been watching a fairly old show called resurrecting nefertiti on the discovery channel, and it's such crap. sorry, i should try to be more diplomatic, but it really is. they take such leaps in logic, disregarding what little is known for sensationalism, that it's very difficult for any sane person to take seriously.
basically: a woman (joann something-or-other; i'm assuming she has a degree of some kind) found out that an egyptologist discovered a walled-up area in one of the valley of the kings tombs, behind which were located three mummies. and joann summarily assumed that one of the female ones was no other than the mummy of NEFERTITIOMGLOL!!!!!!!!1
joann whatever-the-hell then went on to declare that nefertiti had obviously outlived her husband, assumed the throne and ruled as pharaoh for a year, during which she encouraged the religious reversion back to the worship of amun.
after which, of course, she was killed by the EVIL PRIESTS OF AMUN OMFGBBQLOL!!!!!1 remember them? they killed tutankhamun later on!
joann who-the-fuck-cares goes to those computer dudes who do that facial reconstruction stuff; they give her what she wants: a beautiful, youngish (but not too young; she did have six kids, after all!) woman wearing, of all things, nefertiti's crown.
really, i shouldn't even get started about how true the portrait bust in the berlin museum was to life, but i'll just say that if you take a picture of almost any youngish woman's face, slap some heavy kohl on the eyes, and then stick nefertiti's crown on her head, well, anyone could be nefertiti.
it was obvious that joann no-we-don't-care-about-her-last-name-or-if-she-even-has-one was only acknowledging the facts that supported her predetermined conclusion.
never mind that they found previously unknown, well-preserved mummies from the eighteenth dynasty. this is not important unless one of them is NEFERTITIOMGTHEYNEVERFOUNDHERBODYSOTHISMUSTBEITTEE-HEE!!!!!!11111
even i know that's illogical reasoning. and of course any respectable egyptologist disagrees with i-can't-be-bothered-to-type-her-name-anymore.
plus, it's been pointed out that she stole someone else's research.
but it's still fun to add fuel to the flames, because speculation is always more fun. and with history, that's usually all you've got.
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