BC-what?
Visitors to the Tut exhibit may be puzzled by the dates listed on the information placards.
Tut, for example, is said to have been born in 1340 BCE.
His father, Amenhotep IV, began his reign in 1353 BCE.
Traditionally, years have been designated with "BC," meaning "Before Christ." Or with "AD," or Anno Domini, which is Latin for "year of the Lord," to roughly describe years after Jesus Christ's death.
The new BCE designation means Before Common Era.
The letters CE replace AD and mean Common Era.
The changes -- showing up at museums, in academic circles and in school textbooks -- have been touted as more sensitive to people of faiths outside of Christianity. …
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