With an exression of awe and wonder, this
woman stares into the unknown. Centuries ago,
some person--perhaps a woman not unlike this-
-placed her in a tomb to express the eternal
sorrow of the living. So rapt is her gaze that she
appears to be confronting the essential mystery
of death and the afterlife. In looking at her, we
realize that the progress of civlization has not
provided final answers to the question she asks.
Across the ages, we share our thoughts and
emotions about life and death with the vanished
culture that created her.
- (PF.1496)
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