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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Krizzel" data-source="post: 683537" data-attributes="member: 9062">Monday, 3:41pmMuseum of Natural History, downtownThe Queen of the Nile exhibit was located downstairs – indeed, the museum had imported genuine bricks from an Egyptian tomb and rebuilt it right inside the museum itself.  The top of the tomb rested on the ground level, with a tightly wound staircase descending through its roof into the exhibit below, lit with sconces mocked up to look like torches, complete with oscillators to make the orange light flicker.  The lower corridor of the mock-tomb emptied out into a maze of darkly lit glass cases and dioramas, filled with artifacts from tools to ceramics to beautiful jewelry.  The centerpiece was certainly the well-preserved mummy of one of the Queens of Ancient Egypt, along with those of her protectors and servants.  Her death mask was intricate gold and turquoise, and unbelievably gorgeous, but it was only half as awing as the revealed face of the mummy herself.  The features were so well defined it felt as if her eyes would pop open any second.Just as Linh was taking a closer look, a man’s voice called out from somewhere behind her.  Turning, she could see a young asian man approaching from around the next case, his features softened in the dim light but nonetheless his strong jaw was obvious.  Short well-groomed hair and a long, clean-lined trench coat reinforced the intelligent cast of his eyes, and though he seemed somewhat distressed there was an equal amount of friendliness.  The words didn’t seem to make sense though – it was only after he repeated his request that Linh could tell he was speaking Chinese.  That much was easy enough to recognize.</blockquote>

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