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.
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If there were no metal remains and they think these were soldiers, then the probably would not be high status ones or some ornamental weapons or decorations on weapons should probably have survived. That, or they did not follow the old Egyptian beliefs regarding life after death. Foreigners??? I suppose they will be able to examine the bones for DNA, mineral content, and other signs of origin and nationality.
3 of the 4 guys who were on guard duty.
# 4 set them up for the grave robbers. Once the coffin was cleaned out they dumped the dead guys in and put the lid back.
When the next shift shows up # 4 says “I don’t know where the other guys are. I went out for coffee and when I got back they were gone.”
Yeah LOL
Here’s another article I didn’t see posted...ugh!
Let them, but put them in an isolated hermetically sealed room first. Did you post this article yet?
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