Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Mystery black sarcophagus opened in Egypt
https://www.msn.com/ ^ | 7/19/18

Posted on 07/19/2018 7:30:12 PM PDT by BBell

Two weeks ago, archaeologists in Egypt found a massive black granite sarcophagus in Alexandria, untouched for 2,000 years - and fleet-footed rumour quickly got to work.

Could it contain the remains of ancient Greek leader Alexander the Great, or (less appealingly) a deadly curse?

According to experts who have now unsealed it, it's a no to both.

Instead, it revealed three skeletons and red-brown sewage water, which gave off an unbearable stench.

Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities had appointed a committee of archaeologists to open the relic, which was unearthed at a construction site.

According to Egyptian news outlet El-Watan, they initially lifted the lid of the tomb by just 5cm (2 inches) before the pungent odour forced them from the inspection scene entirely. They later prised it open with help from Egyptian military engineers.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: alexandria; ancientautopsies; antiquities; archaeology; blacksarcophagus; death; egypt; godsgravesglyphs; latekingdom; sarcophagus; stink
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-65 next last
blueplum just gave me this link as a follow up to an article I posted recently. Thanks blueplum!
1 posted on 07/19/2018 7:30:12 PM PDT by BBell
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: blueplum
Not too appealing at all.


2 posted on 07/19/2018 7:31:42 PM PDT by BBell (Antifa are like house cats. One squirt from a squirt bottle and they scatter.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


3 posted on 07/19/2018 7:32:57 PM PDT by BBell (Antifa are like house cats. One squirt from a squirt bottle and they scatter.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

© EPA Experts wore face masks to open the sarcophagus, which released a terrible smell

4 posted on 07/19/2018 7:34:36 PM PDT by BBell (Antifa are like house cats. One squirt from a squirt bottle and they scatter.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: BBell

EWWWW!


5 posted on 07/19/2018 7:34:55 PM PDT by jmacusa (Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

The huge sarcophagus is the largest of its kind ever found intact

6 posted on 07/19/2018 7:36:08 PM PDT by BBell (Antifa are like house cats. One squirt from a squirt bottle and they scatter.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: jmacusa

A cesspool!


7 posted on 07/19/2018 7:36:57 PM PDT by BBell (Antifa are like house cats. One squirt from a squirt bottle and they scatter.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: jmacusa

2,000 years of concentrated decomposition!


8 posted on 07/19/2018 7:36:58 PM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: BBell

“Instead, it revealed three skeletons and red-brown sewage water, which gave off an unbearable stench.”

was there an inscription that whomever opens the tomb unleashes an evil so great it will wash over the earth, wait what was the line in the original Mummy, not the faggy Tom Cruise movie..


9 posted on 07/19/2018 7:38:04 PM PDT by max americana (Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BBell

Another version of Geraldo and Al Capone. Yes, the media takes us for fools.


10 posted on 07/19/2018 7:43:10 PM PDT by Fungi
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: max americana
Unbearable stench?

Tomb of Cthulhu?

11 posted on 07/19/2018 7:43:37 PM PDT by BBell (Antifa are like house cats. One squirt from a squirt bottle and they scatter.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: BBell

Hmmm! An unbearable stench.

The possibilities are limitless.

* Helen Thomas, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer

* Maxine “Red” Waters, Bill DeBlasio, Bernie Sanders

* Tom “The Red” Perez, Keith Ellison, Calypso Louie

* Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Joy Reid

* Fauxchohantas Warren, Swalwell the Insane and Blumenthal the Deficient

Pick a Democrat politician and you have an “unbearable stench”.

Pick a leftist member of the media and you have an even worse “unbearable stench”.

Put them together and you have “StenchAgeddon”.

My father worked on gas-masks during WW2 (CWS). I wonder if I have any leftover in the basement. Otherwise, I want the clothespin concession.


12 posted on 07/19/2018 7:44:23 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: max americana

... wait what was the line in the original Mummy, not the faggy Tom Cruise movie.....

This?
https://youtu.be/SItvpMB5Bns


13 posted on 07/19/2018 7:45:24 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Tomb of Cthulhu?


14 posted on 07/19/2018 7:45:40 PM PDT by BBell (Antifa are like house cats. One squirt from a squirt bottle and they scatter.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: BBell

Smells like Democrats!


15 posted on 07/19/2018 7:46:56 PM PDT by W. (.44 Magnum. what)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Born to Conserve

Great movie!


16 posted on 07/19/2018 7:47:02 PM PDT by BBell (Antifa are like house cats. One squirt from a squirt bottle and they scatter.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: BBell

And there’s someone poking it with a stick. Jeez, how many years of a university education and graduate study does it take to go poking 2,000 year old stuff with a stick?


17 posted on 07/19/2018 7:53:46 PM PDT by jmacusa (Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: BBell

That didn’t age Well!


18 posted on 07/19/2018 7:58:32 PM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The Original 1998 Version)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: BBell

Mummy Fail


19 posted on 07/19/2018 8:04:07 PM PDT by DocRock (And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BBell

The Seventh Seal has been opened.


20 posted on 07/19/2018 8:06:24 PM PDT by kaehurowing
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-65 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson