Mysterious black sarcophagus found in Egypt
An enormous black sarcophagus has been discovered during an archaeological dig in Egypt alongside an eerie alabaster head.
The mysterious coffin is 265cm (8' 8" ) long, 185cm (6') tall, and 165cm (5' 5" ) wide, making it the largest that has ever been found in the city of Alexandria.
It was discovered by an Egyptian archaeological mission after an ancient tomb dating back to the Ptolemaic period was uncovered during a construction dig.
Made of black granite, the sarcophagus was found five metres beneath the surface of the land beneath a layer of mortar. According to Dr. Ayman Ashmawy, the thick mortar between the sarcophagus and the surface indicates it had not been opened since it was closed around 35 BCE.
The archaeologists also discovered the alabaster head of a man potentially representing the owner of the tomb.
The find is considered to be extraordinarily rare as many older tombs have been plundered by criminals and thieves over the centuries.
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Probably just another Annunaki. 
obsessively until I could get the image out of my mind, dragging one foot behind me, from room to room.
Fortunately, one can outgrow that.
Though slightly different from the experience you described, I had a roommate in Michigan who sleepwalked a lot. He would sometimes end up in my bed; but it never bothered me (he was a nice guy, and it wasn't his fault besides).
I've known several women who've told me that horror films - even mild schlock - disturbs them to the point of it interfering with their sleep. This leads me to believe women tend to have this problem more so than men (correct me if I'm wrong).
Personally, I really enjoyed Brendan Fraser in The Mummy back when it came out 20 years ago. Very entertaining story line, and of course great special effects - but not too gory.
It's good to have a plot you can sink your teeth into!
Would have no idea how a conscious mind would grasp the situation and decide how to perceive, explain it to itself!
It wouldn't be something a person normally anticipates going away to school, is it?
Yikes.
Thanks for the reference to that movie, as I had wondered about it, and, considering the star, imagined he wouldn't have gone through a horror show interpretation, but never decided to go ahead and look. He's an interesting actor, and I'm going to see it next time it appears in the mix.
There's always time for a good mummy movie without a bloody mess to endure.
The scariest Dracula moment I saw was when someone inside a room saw Louie Jordan looking in the window, upside down, as he had crawled along the wall of the building outdoors.
Real scary, kids!
Like most people, I remember him mostly for his role as the sinister yet worldly Kamal Khan in the 1983 Bond film Octopussy.
He and Roger Moore were the perfect nemeses, I felt. And as unpopular as it may be to say this, I don't think Bond has been the same since he left the franchise in 1985 with A View to a Kill - another perfect pairing with Chris Walken as the Nazi villain, Zorin.
Going back to Dracula movies, I can't claim to have watched many. But the best I've seen, in terms of sheer chills, had to be Blade, with Wesley Snipes in the title role as a modern-day vampire hunter with a secret of his own.
Fairly bloody and violent; but not over the top. Great story line, I thought; a fresh and ingenious twist on the old Dracula tale. Not for the faint of heart though.
Wesley Snipes faces off with his nemesis, the brutal Frost, in Blade. Stephen Dorff (right) was another amazing villain, particularly for someone so young at the time.
Of course, perhaps the Anunnaki were just a race of unusually tall people.
Who knows
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Experts wore face masks to open the sarcophagus, which released a terrible smell
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.
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Rampant speculation about what was inside the black granite tomb has swirled since the relic was first discovered at a building site in Alexandria
By Jason Daley
smithsonian.com
July 5, 2018 | Updated: July 20, 2018
SMARTNEWS Keeping you current
Egyptian Authorities Open Sealed Ptolemaic-Era Sarcophagus
Rampant speculation about what was inside the black granite tomb has swirled since the relic was first discovered at a building site in Alexandria
Egypt Sarcophagus
(Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities)
By Jason Daley
SMITHSONIAN.COM
JULY 5, 2018 | UPDATED: JULY 20, 2018
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Update, July 20, 2018: Archaeologists appointed by Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities have opened the sealed black granite sarcophagus that has had the internet abuzz since news of its discovery was announced earlier this month. Egypt Today delivered live updates on the press conference, where archaeologists announced that the Ptolemaic-era find contained three skeletons and red-brown sewage water. Addressing tabloid rumors that the sarcophagus might carry a “curse,” Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said:
“We’ve opened it and, thank God, the world has not fallen into darkness.” So that’s something. Read our original story on the discovery of the sarchophagus below:
A black granite sarcophagus was recently uncovered in the Sidi Gaber district of Alexandria, Egypt, reports Rob Waugh at Yahoo News UK. The most exciting part? A layer of mortar between the lid and the rest of the tomb indicates that the coffin hasn’t been opened in 2,000 years, which is rare in Egypt where looters have picked through tombs and burials for millennia.
The ancient sarcophagus was found by local authorities during standard archaeological excavations conducted before the construction of a new building on Al-Karmili Street. It was found approximately 16 feet below ground. A rough alabaster bust of a man, likely a depiction of the body in the coffin, was also discovered in the tomb, which is believed to date from the era of the Ptolemies, the Greek royal family dynasty that ruled for roughly three centuries from 305 to 30 B.C.E.
According to the Ministry of Antiquities, the tomb is about 8.6 feet long and more than 5 feet wide. Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, says it is the largest sarcophagus ever excavated in the city.
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