The burial mask opened its eyes during restoration.
Rhea Ward finds an impossible clue at a museum conservation room. What begins as evidence becomes a trap built around one name.
On October 14, 2006, Rhea Ward checks a gold burial mask in a museum conservation room.
At 10:19 a.m., it follows the restorer without moving.
No witness is supposed to be near a museum conservation room.
Its inner surface carries fresh skin.
Rhea Ward realizes the official record is wrong.
The power fails around a gold burial mask.
A cold smell fills a museum conservation room.
Rhea Ward photographs everything before touching it.
The photograph shows a figure beside a gold burial mask.
Rhea Ward finds the real room empty.
Rhea Ward calls the county dispatcher.
The dispatcher goes silent after hearing a museum conservation room.
They warn Rhea Ward not to move.
A second sound answers from behind a gold burial mask.
It repeats Rhea Ward's full name.
The nearest exit locks behind Rhea Ward.
Fresh marks circle Rhea Ward's shoes.
They lead toward a gold burial mask.
Rhea Ward follows them one step too far.
Then the king preserved himself by replacing faces.