Although I am generally as frugal as I am ornery, for King Tut I had to make an exception. Even went full-boat with the IMAX movie package. Now I'm savin' my bottlecaps for some gold sandals. The treasures of Egypt make you think like that. If you're anywhere near Los Angeles, and even if you ain't, KING TUT: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh is only here for a couple more months, and you've gotta see it.
All of the usual suspects (except the death mask) are touring along with a few that have never left Egypt before. There are about a hundred artifacts on display and they are not C-list material and they are wonderfully curated. You get an appreciation of the kind of magic someone would need to get through the afterlife - not something that could be accomplished by the poor and obscure - and how close Tut got to being permanently erased both in this world and the next.
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