The mummified corpse of Rascar Capac thrilled and terrified generations of young fans of the Tintin comic book story The Seven Crystal Balls.Now, Hergé’s fictional Inca has sparked a row between rival Belgian tourist attractions, each of which displays a mummy they say inspired Tintin’s creator.The very serious Art and History Museum is in Brussels’ Jubilee Park, near where Hergé used to live, and he was known to frequent its collections.The museum’s Andean mummy, squatting upright with knees…
from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3093203/tintin-and-duelling-mummies-rival-belgian-attractions-both-claim
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Tintin and the duelling mummies: rival Belgian attractions both claim to have inspired comic’s creator
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