Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 26, 1978

Transcript:

Mike: "The serene countenance of Tutankhamun belies the myriad problems which in fact beset teh youthful king during his reign... religious turmoil threatened to turn the great Egyptian empire into a caldron of seething factionalism... moreover, distant provinces were constantly being overrun by Hittites..." Zonker: Aha! The Hittites! Mike: You know their work? Zonker: Complete degenerates. But tough to beat after they invented iron.