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A new burial chamber was discovered during a visit to a building in Alexandria, Egypt.
The find dates back 2000 years

It is a massive black sarcophagus. Beside, a sculpture of a head, that they suppose to be that of the man buried in the sarcophagus of the time, writes the website Livescience

A sarcophagus is a lickal monumental, often decorated.

The sarcophagus that has been found is waking up now.

– It is closer to three meters long, one and a half meters wide and almost two meters high. It is perhaps the largest sarcophagus discovered in Alexandria, says the secretary general of the Egyptian Council of Antiquity, Mostafa Waziri, according to Livescience

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Ancient tombs that have been opened and explored in recent times have generally been stolen by grave robbers. Objects and mumier bone remedies have been separated and spread out. Archaeologists believe that the newly discovered sarcophagus has remained intact for almost 2000 years.

– A thick layer of mortar covers a lot of sarcophagus, which indicates that it has not been opened since it was buried, Waziri reveals to Livescience

. ] The sarcophagus has been dated between 304 and 330 b.kr. It was shortly after Alexander the Great Dead.

Together with the person buried in the sarcophagus, they hope to find jewelry, clothing and artifacts that could be intact from ancient Egypt – also called the Ptolemaic dynasty.

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An unopened sarcophagus offers archaeologists a unique chance to study the contents. But they will be wary and use technology that will allow them to preserve the content.

The sarcophagus is five meters above the ground and weighs about 30 tons. The box alone weighs 15 tons, writes the website The Guardian

– It's risky to open it directly, we have to prepare, says the head of ancient Egyptian artifacts at the Egyptian Department of Antiquity, Ayman Ashmawy at newspaper.

The Three Most Important The questions archaeologists ask themselves are:

• Who is buried here?
• What is hidden inside?
• Why is it so big?

Historically, Alexandria was an important meeting point for Africa, Asia, and Europe. In particular, the city has become important for grain exports. Rome and Constantinople both depended on grain supply from Egypt.

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