The sarcophagus of an ancient Egyptian mummy will be opened for the first time

April 4, 2019

A sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian mummy will open live and for the first time in the world on television. Some think that a curse could be spread by opening it.

The expedition is known as Egypt Live and it will be a special explorer, Josh Gates, who will realize it. The expedition will last two hours and your team will open a Egyptian tomb sacred that could go back to the first pharaohs of 3,100 BC. The special show will air on Discovery Channel live on April 7 in the United States.

The sarcophagus that was closed thousands of years ago opened for the first time in the world and raised fears that a spell would be extended to the spectators. First, they will cross an underground network of tunnels and tombs of 40 mummies, allegedly belonging to the elite of the ancient Egyptian elite.

"It's the best of Discovery, as we seek to discover the history buried in the sands of Egypt for millennia," said Nancy Daniels, Discovery Brand Manager, adding, "I'm excited about Josh Gates from his most ambitious expeditions up to now ".

Josh Gates' team includes television personality Chris Jacobs and Egyptologist Zahi Hawbad, as well as Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.

No exact location has been reported to help preserve artifacts and allow the team to work quietly. The identity of the Egyptian mummy What is inside is a mystery for thousands of years.

Josh Gates said that he was not sure what they might find when they would raise the stone cover, but he expects to see some human remains. "The beauty of this is that I do not know and I think it's fun," he said, adding, "A few years ago, archaeologists began making really important discoveries: a series of funeral roofs leading to a network of cameras and tunnels. "

"There are many people buried in these cameras, many noble elite, high priests, things like that, so it's a fascinating place to take a snapshot of this period of Egyptian history," he said. said the specialist.

The opening of the sarcophagus to live television has provoked the fear of some theoreticians because they believe that a curse could affect viewers. Some of the discoverers of Tutankhamun's tomb died in the months and years that followed in strange situations.

For example, Lord Carnarvon, the financial sponsor of the excavation team, died as a result of the bite of an infected mosquito just three months after the opening of the grave in 1923, and the 39, British archaeologist Howard Carter, who found the remains of the king. Tutankhamun in 1922, died in 1939 because of Hodgkin's disease, 64 years old.

She lay flat stomach and the next day she woke up with her belly and gave birth 45 minutes later.