Viral Video: Ancient Mummy Coffin, Sealed 2,500 Years Ago, Opened In Egypt

Archaeologists in Egypt have opened an historical mummy coffin in entrance of a stay viewers. On Saturday, dozens of individuals watched and filmed as archaeologists unsealed the primary of 59 sealed sarcophagi discovered earlier this 12 months in Saqqara, revealing a mummy inside, experiences Global News. 

Saqqara is an unlimited, historical burial floor in Egypt which served because the necropolis of the traditional metropolis of Memphis. Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities stated in a press release that 59 wood coffins have been found inside burial wells in Saqqara’s archaeology space. The wooden coffins are in good situation and include the our bodies of Egyptian monks, prestigious members of the group and different senior males. 

On Saturday, one of many coffins was opened for the primary time because it was sealed some 2,500 years in the past. A video of the unsealing, hosted by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, has now gone viral on social media. It exhibits a mummy contained in the coffin, wrapped in an ornate burial fabric. Watch it under:

The mummy tomb, which has been sealed for 2500 years, has been opened for the primary time. pic.twitter.com/KWGT95girv

— Psychedelic Art (@VisuallySt) October 5, 2020

The video has garnered a whopping 9 million views on Twitter. Many on the microblogging platform joked that opening a millenia-old coffin might not be the very best plan of action within the 12 months 2020. Pop tradition and folklore have perpetuated the idea that opening a mummy’s tomb results in loss of life and curses, based on the National Geographic.

“I’ve always wondered when opening something like this if it could contain viruses or germs that maybe modern humans have no immunity to,” one Twitter person wrote. “You couldn’t have waited a couple more months? This ain’t the year,” one other stated. 

Greg Lewis, New Zealand’s ambassador to Egypt, additionally shared a video of the unsealing on Twitter Saturday. 

Honoured to be invited by the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities HE Khaled El Anany to Saqqara for the announcement {that a} new tomb of mummies has been found. I noticed one being opened for the primary time in 2600 years! Truly superb! @TourismandAntiq@MFATNZ ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/5oLfAM7zAV

— Greg Lewis ???????????????? (@NZinEgypt) October 3, 2020

According to a press release by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, initially three wells with 13 coffins have been found in Saqqara, then one other 14 coffins have been revealed, bringing the overall variety of coffins found thus far to 59 coffins. 

The coffins can be transferred to the brand new Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza for show.

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