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Ansigt til ansigt med Tutankhamons
strålende guldmaske hypnotiseres man af den unge faraos ransagende og
selvsikre blå blik. Og studerer man detaljen i det blødt hamrede solide
pladeguld, dekoreret med suverænt sete blå konturstreger og belagt med
glas, feldspat, fajance og lapis lazuli i funklende blå og grønne
nuancer, undgår man ikke at knibe en tåre ved mødet med dette fænomenale
relikvie fra det hinsides. Tutankhamons blik skærer tværs igennem tre et
halvt årtusinder, og fra maskens pande advarer hovedet af en årvågen
grib og figuren af en spændt kobra den besøgende mod at komme Farao for
nær. - Niels J. 2000
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:: I'll Say It Again |
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Face to face with Tutankhamun’s brilliant golden
mask, you are hypnotized by the investigating and self-confident cool look in
the eyes of the young Pharaoh. And studying the details of the softly hammered
thick sheets of gold – decorated with masterly broad strokes of blue paint and
inlaid with faience, glass, feldspar, carnelian and lapis lazuli in radiant
shades of blue and green – you will be sure to tremble a bit, perhaps even shed
a tear, at the encounter with this extraordinary relic from the world beyond.
The spirited and lively look in the eyes of Tutankhamun cuts right through three
and a half millenniums – and on the brow sit the vulture and cobra, the latter
poised to spit fire at Pharaoh’s enemies. In one long breathless moment, the
king has surely regained his throne.
- Niels J.
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