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Re:Egypt sarcophagus: Mystery black tomb opened in Alexandria by 2845197541 on Friday July 20, 2018 @11:05AM (#17575559)
But how did sewage water get in there?
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Re:Egypt sarcophagus: Mystery black tomb opened in Alexandria by personlurking on Friday July 20, 2018 @01:04PM (#17576813)
"The stinking reddish liquid turned out to be sewage that penetrated the sarcophagus through a small crack and completely flooded it from the inside."

http://earth-chronicles.com/science/the-first-details-of-the...

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Re:Egypt sarcophagus: Mystery black tomb opened in Alexandria by loxs on Friday July 20, 2018 @11:38AM (#17575876)
Most probably it's not "sewage" water but "corpse decomposition water"
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Re:Egypt sarcophagus: Mystery black tomb opened in Alexandria by m23khan on Friday July 20, 2018 @01:12PM (#17576889)
corpse decomposition water won't last 2000+ years especially if not frozen. Probably the coffin was porous or had crack from where the sewage water seeped into the coffin from a nearby leaking sewage pipeline.
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Re:Egypt sarcophagus: Mystery black tomb opened in Alexandria by tamersalama on Friday July 20, 2018 @12:05PM (#17576192)
If that's the case - then it's quite precious. Analysis of this water would reveal a lot.
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