Ancient Egyptian bust on display at Chicago's Field Museum. It bears a striking resemblance to pop star Michael Jackson, complete with disfigured nose
from NBC Chicago online:
Busted: Statue’s a Dead Ringer for Jacko
The Pharaoh of Pop doesn’t quite have the same ring to it as King of Pop, but visitors to Chicago’s Field Museum could swear that’s Jacko’s face on a 3,000-year-old Egyptian bust.
The spitting image limestone sculpture has been on display at the museum since 1988, but recently started drawing attention because of its likeness to Jacko — complete with disfigured nose.
Unfortunately the bust, which was carved sometime between 1550 B.C. and 1050 B.C., is of a woman and MJ likely never had the chance to see the statuette.
“I have no idea whether Jackson ever visited the museum,” a Field spokesperson said to the Sun-Times‘ Michael Sneed. “But the similarity between the limestone statue of a woman – which is about 3,000 years old — and Jackson is astounding.”
Interestingly, Jackson cast himself as an interloper in ancient Egypt in his video for “Remember the Time,” so maybe he sensed some Egyptian roots
This sent chills down my spine! It is almost as if Michael deliberately set out to make himself into the ancient sculpture. Did Michael ever show any interest in Egyptian artifacts?
Curious,
Shirley K.
Shirley, I posted “Michael Jackson: Treasures from Neverland on View” when MJ was still alive. It has a link to a Julien’s catalog. If you flip through the catalog, you will get a sense of Michael’s taste in art objects. I don’t remember a particular style of art he favored; however, his preference for children is very evident.
I don’t think MJ was trying to make himself look like that bust. President Obama bears a striking resemblance to Akhanaten, so you never and queen Tiye to Michelle Obama. You never know, perhaps the Egyptians knew something we didn’t.
It is an uncanny resemblance, isn’t it?