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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9959839, member: 76316"]Sometime in the 70's the Tut exhibit came to Seattle. I stood in line for a few hours, like thousands of others, to get up close an' personal with that specific funerary mask. It was in a heavy glass case at eye level, so I could stand eyeball to eyeball with King Tut. I did, for as long as the crowd would allow...repeatedly.</p><p>My recollection of that experience is as vivid as if it were only yesterday. Mesmerizing is a descriptive term that really doesn't do justice to those revelatory moments. His gaze, riveting an' regal over the centuries, was so unique, so powerful, so commanding...the memory gives me goosebumps to this day![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9959839, member: 76316"]Sometime in the 70's the Tut exhibit came to Seattle. I stood in line for a few hours, like thousands of others, to get up close an' personal with that specific funerary mask. It was in a heavy glass case at eye level, so I could stand eyeball to eyeball with King Tut. I did, for as long as the crowd would allow...repeatedly. My recollection of that experience is as vivid as if it were only yesterday. Mesmerizing is a descriptive term that really doesn't do justice to those revelatory moments. His gaze, riveting an' regal over the centuries, was so unique, so powerful, so commanding...the memory gives me goosebumps to this day![/QUOTE]
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