See here for
essential background: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2018/07/alexandria-sarcophagus.html.
After much speculation, as well as fears of the plague and pharaoh's curses,
the sarcophagus has been opened. This was done much sooner than expected. A
crane and other heavy-lifting equipment were brought to the building site to
remove the fifteen ton lid. A crowd of onlookers surrounded the sixteen foot
pit which had been dug around the artefact. The first person to look inside was
Prof. Mostafa Waziri of the Egyptian Council of Antiquities. He immediately
dropped down dead with a beetle crawling out of his mouth... Only kidding! What
he actually saw was very disappointing. It seems that the scene was not as
undisturbed as had previously been thought. Even though the sarcophagus had not
been exhumed and opened physically, it has been in the path of some outflow
from a dodgy drain and the inside was filled with decomposing sewage. However
beneath this fetid slurry were the skeletons of three people. Unfortunately if
there were any other items that might identify them then these have not
survived. The skeletons have been taken to the National
Restoration Museum
in Alexandria for further
examination. The research team have already stated that one of the skulls has
been damaged in a way that indicates that the person was shot in the head by an
arrow. No more information is available right now... Or should I say, that's
all the information they're willing to let the people know at present. Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-44893804.
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