Measuring nine-foot-long, the 2000-year-old black eerie coffin which was unearthed by archaeologists and researchers is claimed to be the largest ever to have been discovered in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. The discovery began in early July this year worried onlookers over an ancient curse. Amidst to all such speculations, the Egyptian Archaeologists finally have opened the mysterious, eerie sarcophagus. But their findings hidden inside the buried coffin left the spectators in shock. The researchers discovered three decomposed mummies filled with sewage water.

Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities uploaded pics and explained in their Facebook post, “The initial preview of bone structures suggests that they are most likely to belong to three officers or military soldiers.” Addressing to the Egyptian Today, one of the officers reported that one of the found skulls showed multiple fractures and revealed that it was hit by a sharp instrument which possibly belongs to a warrior. It was further reported that the other two heads are undamaged and belong to men. The researchers are planning to subject all the three to rays to identify their eggs and face shapes.

Watch pictures of the findings inside the Egyptian sarcophagus! 

A layer of mortar between the lid and the body of the sarcophagus hinted that it had not been opened since it was closed for more than 2,000 years ago. In the same report, the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri assuredly pointed out that no curse has hit the coffin. Few were even speculating that Alexander the Great might have been buried in the box. So, far there are no inscriptions or evidence were discovered to state who they were.

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