![]() ![]() The fact that a woman is included in the burial overturns an earlier hypothesis that the tomb’s inhabitants were soldiers. The bodies include one woman and two men who appear to have been deposited at different times and stacked on top of one another. Nevine El-Aref at Ahram Online reports that a team of researchers led by Zeinab Hashish, director of the Department of Skeleton Remains Studies at the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, analyzed the skulls, pelvises and other bones. While it’s not as exciting as finding Alexander the Great, the residents of the tomb still offer interesting insights. Now that the hoopla has died down, researchers have revealed the initial results of their scientific analysis. Many were disappointed that when the coffin was opened it revealed three normal human bodies floating in a soup of red sewage (though it did spark a petition asking Egyptian authorities to let people drink the red liquid from the dark sarcophagus in order to “assume its powers"). Internet speculation ran wild, with people suggesting it was cursed, that opening it could lead to the end of the world, or that the massive 8.5-by-5-foot tomb contained a super-mummy. Discovered on a building site, it was the largest stone coffin ever found in the city. In July, archaeologists in Egypt revealed that they had found something creepily interesting in the city of Alexandria: a massive 30-ton, black granite sarcophagus. ![]()
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