Allen Mason and the Mummy Ankh-Wennefer

Allen C. Mason was an important figure in early Tacoma history. He really encouraged and helped fund it's development in the late 1800s. Ankh-Wennefer was an Egyptian priest in the 500's BCE.  Mason acquired the mummy which is still housed in Tacoma, in a fashion seemed as intriguing and fun at the time, but today might be protested. 

 

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