I just picked this photo from a Facebook post. It is from a promotional booklet published sometime in the 1920s. It illustrates Aloha in Egypt with the clim that the Wanderwell Expedition was there when Tut’s Tomb was opened. The problem is that that can’t be the case. The tomb was opened on November 4, 1922. The Wanderwell expedition was in Egypt in 1924. This brochure is another example of the mistruths, bad information, carelessness with details, that one can find when studying this topic. The entire story is engaging and remarkable, but also tests the historians to the limit. It remains to be determined -- was Aloha a true heroic figure are the product of a publicity campaign fueled by her husband that is less than fully authentic.
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