King Tut....

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The King Tut reading that we discussed in classed was really somewhat kind of intriguing. I had some prior knowledge of King Tut, but I never realized how much a socio-political marker this remain was. The main point of view that came across in this article seemed to be the Middle East vs. the United States. The disagreements about TUT was that was it used for Art purposes or for economic growth. I feel that it should be used as art, but many argued in class that it was used as an economic symbol, more so orientated with us trying to gain a stranglehold on the Oil of the middle east. King Tut was used as a money maker and that is what the US wanted to get out of it.
You can argue either way but that is what I seemed to get out of the readings and out of the discussion. It seems that The upper echelon of the US government feels that the oil in the middle east is somewhat more ours than theres, due to the fact that WE found it using our technology and we helped the people of the Middle East maintain their "product."
It is unfortunate that a great discovery as in King Tut was exploited due to situations like this.