Egyptian Tomb Discovery Puts Curses on the Brain Online

A 2,000-year-old sealed black coffin was unearthed in Alexandria this month. Plans to exhume and open it has caused chatter online. (Courtesy of the Ministry of Antiquities) Alexandria, known for its ancient library and a lighthouse counted among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, just keeps on giving. The reaction to its latest gift has been bad mummy jokes online. During a construction survey, a sealed sarcophagus was found in the Egyptian city 16 feet beneath the Sidi Gaber district, according to a news release this month. The tomb is made of black granite, 9 feet long and 5 feet wide, the largest ever discovered in the city. Mortar seals the coffin, indicating it’s never been opened, says Mosatafa Waziri, general secretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquities. Also discovered is a head sculpture, believed to represent the coffin’s inhabitant. The tomb, which weighs 30 tons, is likely from ...