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sinkingfeeling

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6. I could have literally touched Tut's golden death mask back in 2012. We were in the Tut exhibit at the old Egyptian

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 05:27 PM

9 hrs ago

Museum, in Cairo. I turned around and found myself face to face with the mask, within an arm's length. Two guys were just carrying it through the crowd to be cleaned!
No security, no guns, no alarms, just carrying a priceless artifact through a crowded room.

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