<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=82 BGCOLOR="#999980" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Verdana" ><B>High Culture</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>   </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" ><B>  </B><A HREF="index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="High Culture"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="07702b03.gif"> <div> <I>"King Tut" and  King Tut Ankh Amen</I></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="646" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 1006 WIDTH="638"><div> <I>Hotep </I>African Family.</div> <bR> <div> Is it time to stop calling King Tut Ankh Amen, "<B>King Tut</B>"?  I think so.  </div> <bR> <div> This nick name, “King Tut” was given to the King by the same Western culture, that continues to belittle, distort, destroy and misrepresent Africans and African culture the world over.</div> <bR> <div> The Old Africans believed that names had power and were connected with the spirit.  On this fact alone, we should always refer to the <I>Tut Ankh Amen</I> out of respect to his spirit and call him by his full name.  It is the Western worlds track record to mispronounce and misrepresent names.  And we have become accustom to this, so much so that we don't even know the real names some times.  For example, Disney taught a whole generation to mispronounce <I>Aladdin</I> (a-lah-deen), as A-LAD-DIN!  Nothing good can come from calling King <I>Tut Ankh Amen</I>, some trivial pet name like "King Tut."  </div> <bR> <div> I suggest that we should begin to look more closely at how the name King Tut and <I>Tut ankh amen </I>are being used.  Why is the White world so comfortable <I>calling King Tut Ankh Amen</I>, King Tut, or just Tut, surely he is no friend of Europe.  In fact, the Europeans have desecrated his body, broke off the boy's penis, and are now getting ready to ship his ceremonial and sacred grave goods all around the United Corporations of America.  This is highly disrespectful, but it is difficult for us black folks the world over to appreciate this because the Western World has systematically desensitized us regarding the sacred character and value of our African culture and spirituality.</div> <bR> <div> As we have lost control of these sacred relics and can not keep them in their sacred resting places, the best we can do is benefit from their exhibition in the United States.  Much can be learned about the real African King <I>Tut Ankh Amen</I> as opposed to the invented King Tut.  </div> <bR> <div> The real African King <I>Tut Ankh Amen</I>, knew how to read and write, he was an athelete who specialized in archery and charioteering.  <I>Akhenaten</I> who is more than likely <I>Tut</I> <I>Ankh</I> <I>Amen's</I> father was a devout spiritualist, an artist, and had a great respect for nature, human life, and the creative Spirit which he called the <I>Aten</I>*.  </div> <bR> <div> As the hype media surrounding King <I>Tut Ankh Amen</I> begins to increase, we should know that any exhibition or institutions that are serious about attempting to represent the king will use his full name <I>Tut Ankh Amen </I>not `King Tut”, or “Tut” </div> <bR> <div> In conclusion.  Although, we will never know if his family called him <I>Tut, Tutty, Tuti-Ankh, Ankh-Amen,</I> or any other pet name, we do know that the <I>medew-neter</I> (Egyptian writing) always refer to him in his full name <I>Tut Ankh Amen</I>.  As we African people across the globe begin to reconnect, regenerate and revitalize our African story and culture, it is best to *<B>always</B>* refer to this particular ruler using his full throne name <I>Tut Ankh Amen.</I></div> <bR> <div> If you feel that I am wrong, and that the names King Tut, Tut, Tutenstien, etcetera ares not being used <B>systematically </B>to mis-represent and distort the true image of King <I>Tut Ankh Amen</I> please e-mail me @ low_stress@hotmail.com.</div> <bR> <div> Kind Regards,</div> <bR> <div> Alex D.</div> <div> 03-08-2005</div> <bR> <div> *As a side note.  Akhenaten was *not* a monotheist.  First of all, there was no such thing as polytheism and monotheism during that time.  These modern European words had not yet been invented. So how in the world can Akhenaten be a monotheist.  Using the western vocab will give a false impression every time, because the ancient Africans were working under a totally different archetype based psychological model.</div> <bR> <div> But for those who need more simple proofs, there are countless artifacts showing Akhenaten with the Cobra-goddess on his forehead.  If he was really a “monotheist”, why is venerating the Cobra deity and the Aten?</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 49 WIDTH="638"><div> <I><B>Illustrations Outside Links</B></I></div> <div> The following links have material that relates the subject, but we are not responsible for this information, as we did not publish it. Read carefully.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="638"><div> <B>Tutenstien </B><A HREF="http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p4277.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p4277.htm"><U><B>1</B></U></A><B> & </B><A HREF="http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official_s&q=tutenstein&spell=1" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&sa"><U><B>2</B></U></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Copyright (c) <B>6245</B>, Alexander Derrick.  All rights reserved. </div> <div> Reproduction of this material for resale or other commercial purposes is prohibited without </div> <div> written permission.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or </div> <div> transmitted in any form or be any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise</div> <div> without the prior permission of Alexander Derrick (<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><U>low_stress@hotmail.com</U></FONT>)</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>