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In early July, the Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram reported an astonishing discovery, which had been made by chance during construction work in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, in Egypt. sarcophagus of black granite still sealed, near an alabaster head that represents a man, perhaps the occupant of the sarcophagus. Egyptian archaeologists dated the discovery to the period of Ptolemaic Egypt, begun with the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 AD, and ended in 30 BC. with the Roman conquest of Egypt and the death of the last Ptolemaic queen, Cleopatra
A black sarcophagus was discovered in Egypt. It dates back to ~ 2000 years ago and was found with an alabaster head. Alexander the Great was born to be buried in this region …. I wonder …? pic.twitter.com/uoXwuCp0wR
– abdul (@Advil) July 12, 2018
The sarcophagus is almost two meters high, three meters long and weighs about 30 tons: c & # 39 is the largest such a sarcophagus ever found in Alexandria, Egypt, and above all it is still sealed, so it has probably never been opened in the last two thousand years. After a rather long preparatory work and after endless discussions about the continuation or not of the action, the Egyptian archaeologists will open it in the days to come: you do not know what? they will find inside and under what conditions, even if in the last days Many badumptions were made
According to Zahi Hawbad Egyptologist and former Egyptian Antiquities Minister known for his Hats by Indiana Jones, the discovery of the sarcophagus could help archaeologists locate the tomb of Alexander the Great. Some historians claim that the body of Alexander the Great was buried just in Alexandria in Egypt – one of the cities founded by the Macedonian conqueror – but his grave was never found.
Two Egyptian archaeologists who spoke with National Geographic – anonymously, because they are not allowed to disseminate information and badumptions about each other – believe that the dimensions unusually large of the sarcophagus, they join it to an earlier pharaonic dynasty among the many that possessed Egypt. One of the two said that since Alexandria was not founded until the fourth century BC, the sarcophagus may have been taken to an empty city, perhaps to a site along the Nile that had been inhabited in the early days, then used to bury someone in the following years. Another archaeologist heard from National Geographic claimed that the burial went back to the Roman period – post-Ptolemais – because the sarcophagus was only four and a half meters below the the surface of the modern road, rather "High".
For the moment, however, these are only hypotheses and there is nothing certain. It is not even clear when the sarcophagus will be open and how, but the excitement around the discovery has not diminished.
Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of the Egyptian Government, told New York Times : "People say that it might contain Alexander the Great or Cleopatra or Ramses. do not know what they are talking about. "The Egyptian government has continued to maintain a very cautious attitude in recent weeks, especially for a recent disappointment. Last May, some scans had conclusively shown that inside the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun there was no hidden cavity, and therefore not even what he had speculated on more than in the last three years: the presumed remains of Queen Nefertiti
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