Black Sarcophagus of Alexandria: It has been opened - and there are many people afraid!
A few days ago we at Mega Curioso shared here news about the discovery of a mysterious sarcophagus in Alexandria, Egypt. As we have recounted, the artifact - made of black granite - was found by a team of archaeologists who went for a preliminary survey before construction, and the researchers found that the casket had not been opened for at least 2, 000 years.
Along with the artifact, archaeologists also found an alabaster bust that they assumed was a replica of the deceased face, but at the time only images of the (still sealed) sarcophagus were released in the tomb. You can check out the full story via this link - and of course there was speculation about who might be the occupant of the coffin. There were even those who came up with the idea that the subject might well be Alexander the Great whose corpse was never found.
They opened the deal!
Anyway! And why didn't they open the blessed ( or damn! ) Coffin right away? Because, in the words of the archaeologists involved in the discovery, opening the sarcophagus for the first time after 2, 000 years can be risky - because of a possible curse? - and once opened, the team of restoration and mummification experts should take action to ensure that everything is preserved.
In addition, as recently released, the artifact weighs over 30 tons - only the granite lid weighs 15! - and the archaeologists needed the help of a team of engineers and heavy equipment to remove it entirely from the tomb.
At first, the researchers even suspected that the occupant might be a high dignitary of the period - evidence pointed out that the artifact is from the Ptolomaic Era, the royal Greek dynasty that ruled Egypt from 305 to 30 BC - once that the alabaster bust indicated that it could be an ancient nobleman of Alexandria.
However, the opening of the sarcophagus was confirmed today (19) and instead of finding a cursed, slimy mummy ready to leap a single corpse inside, archaeologists came across sewage liquid that eventually penetrated the stone coffin, just like with three skeletons. Preliminary examination has shown that one of the individuals appears to have died as a result of an arrow, suggesting that it may be a trio of soldiers.
Why did you open this business?
The whole thing is very interesting and such, but there's a crowd freaking out about it - and predicting that opening the mysterious coffin would cause a sinister scenario, similar to what we saw in the Mummy movies, to settle in the face. from the earth. By the way, there was no shortage of people sharing their fears on social networks and talking to the four winds that opening this section was a bad idea.
Why? Well, we're talking about someone who must have invested money in this stone coffin - massive and black as darkness - whose lid alone weighs 15 tons. And whoever the occupants were, they were buried to a depth of at least 5 meters. Does it seem to you that the idea was for them to be dug up and taken from their eternal sleep?
There were even those who suggested that the sarcophagus might well hold some ancient immortal sorcerer (or sorceress) just waiting for some silly archaeologist to open the shroud to touch the terror! Well, as we already know, these fears have not yet been confirmed (yet), and below you can check out some of the tweets that were circulating around:
Isn't there a film series on this is probably a bad idea? https://t.co/HaEgRJZ8fU
- Michael Ohiku (@MichaelOhiku) July 17, 2018
“Isn't there a movie series about why this is a bad idea?”
Calm down everyone! We all need to think about this reasonably.
- Nyssa ??? ?? (@AshfieldNyssa) July 11, 2018
It is more than likely Nyarlathotep, the crawlining chaos. Here to usher in a new age of madness and horror.
Free translation: “Calm down, guys! We need to think about it reasonably! It is more than likely Nyarlathotep, the creeping chaos. Coming to usher in a new era of madness and horror. ”
DON'T.
- BryanEdwardHill (@bryanedwardhill) July 11, 2018
DON'T DO IT. https://t.co/jOLE4GmJaf
Free translation: “No! Do not do it!"
(• _ •)
- Delaney Strunk (@delaknee) July 17, 2018
<))? We're
/ \
\ (• _ •)
((> Gonna
/ \
(• _ •)
Dieeeee
/ \ https://t.co/XIKT7vC0Lk
Free Translation: “We Go Morreeeeer”
I know how this one goes ... https://t.co/KAEQcUWUmd
- Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) July 11, 2018
“I know how this story ends ...”
The beginning of every horror and dark fantasy movie about Egypt since the beginning of cinema history ... yep. This should go well.
- Jon_Davis (@JDAvatar) July 11, 2018
“The beginning of all the horror and dark fantasy films about Egypt since the beginning of cinema history… yes. You can not go wrong."
And now?
Archaeologists also hoped to find inscriptions and artifacts inside the sarcophagus that would help determine the occupant's identity and social position. But no information has yet been released on the contents of the coffin, so we will have to wait until more is discovered about the mysterious burial.
One theory that has emerged, however, is that as a Ptolomatic Age sarcophagus, it is worth remembering that after Cleopatra's suicide and the subsequent Roman domination, Egypt plunged into a period of war and conflict - as soon as the Three skeletons found inside the coffin could be from soldiers killed in one of these battles.
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