Arheologi z egiptovskega ministrstva za antikvitete so prvi dan julija odkrili velik sarkofag, ki je po tamkajšnjih ocenah star okoli 2000 let. Kot se rado zgodi, je internet pograbil novico o najdbi, čemur so sledila divja ugibanja o prekletstvu, podobnemu tistim, ki smo jih lahko videli v zgodovinski fantazijki Mumija (1999) ali pa spin-off seriji filmov Kralj škorpijonov (2002). Številne objave, predvsem na omrežju twitter, so potrdile, da na spletu ne manjka zanesenjakov, ki so odrasli ob pustolovščinah Indiane Jonesa.
Vse skupaj je bilo kajpak šala in domišljijsko napihovanje zgodbe, kar so nazadnje potrdila dejstva, ki niso bila tako razburljiva. Skupek treh okostij se je namreč kopal v rdečerjavi brozgi, saj so v krsto prodrle odplake iz bližnje kanalizacije. Za povrh arheologi niso našli ostankov Aleksandra Velikega, na kar so upali posebej optimistični spletni komentatorji, temveč tamkajšnji strokovnjaki domnevajo, da kosti pripadajo vojščakom, saj so na eni izmed lobanj našli sledi poškodb, kakršne navadno povzroči puščica. Najdeno bo odposlano v nacionalni muzej Aleksandrije.
If we've learned anything from every Mummy movie of the last 100 years, its that this sarcophagus must not be opened. https://t.co/aLuliTBBlb
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) July 11, 2018
Breaking News: Alexandria sarcophagus opened https://t.co/0ghXBdQMHS #Egypt #Alexandria #Egyptology #Archaeology #AlexanderTheGreat pic.twitter.com/DY8gCBCGPl
— Luxor Times (@luxortimes) July 19, 2018
#Egyptian archaeologists have dashed hopes that a newly-discovered ancient sarcophagus might contain the remains of Alexander the Great, finding instead a mummified family swimming in red liquid https://t.co/FWfQoXuAkh pic.twitter.com/jcGe1QzhpJ
— ABC News (@abcnews) July 20, 2018
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— Brittney M. Morris (@BMichelleMorris) July 18, 2018
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UNTIL WE'VE
COMPLETED
ALL THE
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2012: oh no Mayan calendar says the world might end and we could all die
— zoinks, scoob (@dadvansss) July 18, 2018
2018: PLEASE let the black Egyptian sarcophagus carry a curse that will collectively put us out of our misery
Egypt after opening that mysterious Black Sarcophagus pic.twitter.com/GQfIX2Tn0U
— F.A.C. (@ROTLD_2) July 17, 2018
Egypt Will Open Giant Black Mystery Sarcophagus Despite Warnings - https://t.co/M1U0Z0kakb pic.twitter.com/l5F2jkahB9
— Mysterious Universe (@mysteriousuniv) July 17, 2018