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Live-streamed sarcophagus opening reveals the ancient remains of Egyptian high priest [tr]
AFP ^
| April 8, 2019
| Staff
Posted on 04/08/2019 11:30:38 AM PDT by C19fan
A sarcophagus containing an Egyptian high priest was opened on live TV Sunday during a special two-hour broadcast by the American channel Discovery.
'Expedition Unknown: Egypt Live' aired from the site outside Minya, which is along the Nile River south of Cairo and its Giza pyramids.
Archaeologists recently discovered a network of vertical shafts at the site which led to tunnels and tombs containing 40 mummies 'believed to be part of the noble elite.'
After exploring other tombs -- finding artifacts like statues, amulets, canopic jars used to store organs, and other mummies including one that had decomposed to a skeleton -- they crawled to the chamber containing the intricately carved sarcophagus.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; egypt; godsgravesglyphs; minya
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After the sarcophagus was opened the video cut off. Viewers heard screaming then dead silence.
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posted on
04/08/2019 11:30:38 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Or, alternatively, it was like Geraldo’s exploration of Al Capone’s secret tunnel. A big nothing. Or perhaps, a puff of dust.
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posted on
04/08/2019 11:32:02 AM PDT
by
Pearls Before Swine
( "It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
To: C19fan
II heard the mummy was till juicy.
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posted on
04/08/2019 11:34:18 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
To: C19fan
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posted on
04/08/2019 11:34:48 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
"...eeeeYAK..."
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posted on
04/08/2019 11:42:16 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: Pearls Before Swine
Or they actually find Capone’s fortune and Tommy gun.
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posted on
04/08/2019 11:43:30 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Leave the job, leave the clearance. It should be the same rule for the Swamp as for everyone else.)
To: C19fan
I’m rather surprised that islam hadn’t torn these monuments down over the last 1400 years.
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posted on
04/08/2019 11:48:19 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: C19fan
Josh, the wonder dog, was holding forth. Real archaeologists and historians were horrified.
To: Pearls Before Swine
it was like Geraldo’s exploration of Al Capone’s secret tunnel. It was Al Capone's vault...which held a whole lot of nothing.
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posted on
04/08/2019 11:53:30 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(A working definition of the new "Elite" would be; "Those who matter to those who think they matter.")
To: DannyTN
Ah...Rachel Weisz.
Weisz is nice.
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posted on
04/08/2019 11:55:01 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(A working definition of the new "Elite" would be; "Those who matter to those who think they matter.")
To: C19fan
Eat your heart out, Jerry Rivers.
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posted on
04/08/2019 11:55:05 AM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
To: grey_whiskers
It was Ruth Baiter Ginsberg
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posted on
04/08/2019 11:57:22 AM PDT
by
shadeaud
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks C19fan.
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posted on
04/08/2019 11:57:30 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Nothing.
My point. Did anything exotic happen when they popped the sarcophagus?
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posted on
04/08/2019 11:58:17 AM PDT
by
Pearls Before Swine
( "It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
To: Pearls Before Swine
It was a well preserved mummy-perfect really. Quite interesting.
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posted on
04/08/2019 12:12:23 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: C19fan
It might have been “live-TV”, but I doubt it was live. According to my calculations, 8:00 PM EDT works out to maybe 2:00-3:00 AM in Egypt.
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posted on
04/08/2019 12:18:20 PM PDT
by
McGarrett
(Book'em Danno)
To: centurion316
‘This could be a game changer’ !!!
Surprised there are no comments on the narrow noses and other facial characteristics of these late ancient Egyptians.
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posted on
04/08/2019 12:28:28 PM PDT
by
aumrl
(let's keep it real Conservatives)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Not true. He did find a old beer bottle. I remember watching this stupid show. When they gave Whorealdo the Tommy gun to shoot he went stupid with it.
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posted on
04/08/2019 12:42:53 PM PDT
by
4yearlurker
(If you are not interested you will see nothing but the road you walk on.-Jim Corbett)
To: C19fan
maybe they’ll find Jimmy Hoffa in there.
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posted on
04/08/2019 12:59:18 PM PDT
by
euram
To: central_va
It looks like you and I are the only two here who watched it. I thought it was quite interesting too. I don’t know that I could have crawled to the chamber where the sarcophagus was though. MIGHTY close quarters in that tunnel. *shudder*
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posted on
04/08/2019 1:36:37 PM PDT
by
radu
(God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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