Sex Watch: Where Is King Tut’s Penis, Wonders Time Magazine

Do you know where King Tut’s penis is?

Because it’s missing, and Time Magazine is bringing the story of this “anatomical conspiracy” to its readers today, via a New Scientist report.

“Did someone sabotage the Egyptian king’s mummy to hide his less-than endowed genitalia?” writes Allie Townsend on the Time Newsfeed section today. “A new report from The New Scientist presents the possibility of a anatomical conspiracy.” (The Newsfeed is “What’s vital and viral on the web, in real time.” So this story is “vital”.)

The story that Time based their post on, from The New Scientist, has an even better headline: “On the trail of Tutankhamen’s penis.”

Anyway, here’s the deal with the penis, if you were concerned:

Tut’s penis is no longer attached to the body. After some digging, Marchant was able to confirm that the king’s genitalia was attached to the mummy during its first unwrapping in 1922, meaning the postmortem castration likely occurred in modern times. Interestingly, Tut’s penis was declared missing in 1968.

Happy summer.

(via @MegRobertson)

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