Saturday, March 12, 2011

King Tut Scared Me In First Grade


For some reason learning about King Tut freaked me out in 1st grade. I'm not quite sure why. Something about the idea of someone wrapped and tombed and wearing a mask. The images of the golden mask. Did anything you read about as a child frighten you? Dinosaurs? Lions and tigers? 


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  1. AnonymousMarch 12, 2011 at 9:47 AM

    mummy stuff freaked me out a little but also strangely intrigued me when I was a kid

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  2. Bossy BettyMarch 12, 2011 at 10:51 AM

    Mummies are STILL freaky to me. Unfortunately, I was also a reader so I knew all about how the bodies were prepared. Shiver.....

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  3. Oilfield TrashMarch 12, 2011 at 1:06 PM

    Nothing really bothered me like that when I was a kid.

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  4. KarenMarch 12, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    King Tut and mummification didn't scare me...it kinda fascinated me. Guess I have a strange fascination with death and morbidity. I love freaky stuff

    Karen
    lilmuna.blogspot.com

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  5. Riot KittyMarch 12, 2011 at 8:14 PM

    Mummies still scare me, too! And sharks. And the Tea Party.

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  6. Nacho MamaMarch 12, 2011 at 11:14 PM

    King Tut totally scared me too! My cousins thought mummies were way cool when that show came to the US and it totally freaked me out to see even a coloring book about King Tut. Later, I worked at the Metrpolitan Museum and had many close encounters with mummies. And? They were even freakier! Especially the kid ones....

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  7. TeachinfourthMarch 13, 2011 at 12:07 PM

    Monsters under the beds...you know, stuff like that.

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  8. TeachinfourthMarch 13, 2011 at 12:07 PM

    Oh, and the Tooth Fairy seemed kind of creepy as well.

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  9. CheeseboyMarch 13, 2011 at 4:23 PM

    You might hate this, but for some reason, I was totally and completely FREAKED out by PeeWee Herman.

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  10. ShannonMarch 14, 2011 at 3:19 PM

    Holy Crap! I used to have nightmares about King Tut. Glad I'm not alone.

    (Just found your blog. You is funny. I'm following along.)

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  11. Pat TillettMarch 15, 2011 at 2:29 AM

    when I see the words "king tut," i think about steve martin on saturday night live...

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  12. pika23May 27, 2011 at 5:33 PM

    probably too late to say this now....but I was freaked out too by king tut...mainly because of that Bert and Ernie skit on Sesame street where the king tut mummy tap danced and stuff....it scared the crap right out of me!

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  13. ArikaJanuary 8, 2012 at 4:30 AM

    I was so into Egypt and King Tut when I was in first grade. It was about as close to real life fantasy as anything. The first book I ever checked out from my 1st grade library was a book on him!

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