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Clues Point to Occupant of Ancient 'Mystery' Sarcophagus
A sealed black stone coffin discovered in Egypt has sparked the imagination of the Internet. But who's the likely—or unlikely—owner?
Editor’s note: The sarcophagus was opened on July 19. According to a statement from Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, the skeletons of three adult individuals were found inside, submerged in red sewage water. One bears an arrow wound, leading researchers to speculate that they may have been soldiers. The remains will be conserved and studied at the National Museum of Alexandria. Meanwhile, the Internet continues its fascination with an inexplicable petition to consume the "mummy juice."
Two weeks since its , the sealed black granite sarcophagus uncovered at an Egyptian construction site—a find that has captured the attention of the Internet and sparked countless mummy jokes about the curse it may unleash—has yet to be opened.
Officials at Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities are reportedly exasperated from fielding countless global press inquiries regarding when and how the stone coffin will be unsealed, and so far they’ve refused, understandably, to speculate who its long-dead occupant may be.
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