Who or what is inside is still a mystery, said Nicola Terrenato, the University of Michigan professor of classical studies who leads the project—the largest American dig in Italy in the past 50 years.
So really they have only one lead in this investigation. =)
When ya bury someone in a half-ton lead coffin, you really, really don’t want whoever it is to dig their way out. Probably a cursed mummy from Egypt. I’m just glad cursed mummies can’t swim. At least I hope not.