Evening star., 1923-02-23
Tutankhamen Henpecked Man,
Evidence Found Here Shows
MOther-in-Lu,U's
StatueDePicts Lady
| With Strong Ja,o.
Museum Relics Also
Point to Ruler as
Tas DOdger.
BY REX COLLIER

Evidence that old King T'utankhamen
was henpecked. supporting the theory
that he expired not long after getting
married. has been unearthed in our
own National Museum by an enterpris-
ing visitor to that institution, 1t was
learned today.
This visitor, while inspecting the mu-
seum's Egyptian exhibits, came upon a
statue of "Tut's" mother-in-law, Mrs
Amenophis ", alias Mrs. Amentohep
and hero Is where the evidence comes
in-she Is Enthusiastically strengthened
and stern-minded. if physiognomies
count for anything in judging character
In fact, the museum has two statues
of Mrs. Amentohep, as she preferred to
be known to her friends, the originals
of which were sculped from life. Both
are small. One, about a foot in height
shows her apparently ready for dip
in her private swimming pool on the
Nile; the other is a bust, presenting a
good closeup of her mother-in-laW
features.
King Looks FraiL
Tutankhamens pa-in-law IS also on
view in statuette form, and, as might
be expected, he is frail-looking in
dividual for king. He has the ap-
manded by his spouse for suggesting
that he have the night off to attend A
stag party with friends at ThebeS. And,
according to DR.. ]. NJ CasanowicZ, as
sistant curator of the museums depart
ment of old world archaeology, Mr.
A1nentohep actually was a weak ruler,
IS rulers go.
HE was a dreamer" DR.. Casano-
wicz pointed out. He tried to mix
craftsmanship with religious fervor
and consequently his prestige as a
political leader was lowered"
From what Is known of King
Tutankhamen today. he married the
third daughter of King and Queen
Amentohep. He had quite a choice,
since there were seven or eight
daughters. 1t Is believed, however.
that the third daughter probably was
not the daughter, of the queen. but
of one of the kings harem wives.
If this were true the startling dis
covery made at the National Museum,
which led to the opinion that Tut's
early demise was Influenced by the
bounding tactics of rigid-jawed
mother-in-law, loses some of its
thrill.
May Be Mrs. "Tnt.@
Possibility that the National Mu-
seum's only mummy, just around the
corridor from King Tutankhamen's s
is rendered less ridiculous, at least
TO visitors, when 1t is considered that
the museum authorities have been
unable to identify the body. No rela~
tives so far have claimed it and
there is nothing on the coffin to show
who 1t might have been. The officials
do not even know whether she's a he.
Furthermore, no signs of the queen
have been found In Lord Carnarvon'S
Luxor tomb, according to dispatches,
so apparently the governments num-
my right here in Washington stands
Just as good a chance of being Mrs.
Tut as any other.
Visitors attracted to the museum in
larger numbers since the finding of
Tutankhamen'S tomb at Luxor extend
their surmi isingS to great lengths, in
the enthusiasm of gazing on the an
tiquities from Egypt displayed on
the second floor of the museum
Aids to Royal Toilet.
IIibation cups, thousands of years
old, they muse. might have been the
home brew in the shadow of the pyar-
nlidS, and those exquisite little ala
baster vases used for painting the
-yebrowS and eyelidS" (according to
the labels) might have been the
IDENTICAL ones into which Mrs Tut
ankhamen dipped her slender finger
IN preparing to doll up for the royal
Dall in honor of the discoverer of
palm and olive oil soaps
1t Is consoling, at least, to know