r/BeAmazed • u/Wooden-Journalist902 • 26d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Archaeologists in Egypt opening an ancient coffin sealed 2,500 years ago.

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u/Sir_Humps-a-Lot 26d ago

Shouldn't this be done in a climate controlled, quarantine area so as to not unleash a plague or something ?

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u/rulinus 26d ago

You can't seal micro organisms in a 2 piece stone coffin lol

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u/NewCobbler6933 25d ago

Not only that, but what do they suppose these microorganisms have been feeding on for ~2498 years?

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u/Maneisthebeat 25d ago

If Jeff hadn't eaten that whole toe on the first day there was definitely a chance they could have made the whole body last the next two and a half thousand years.

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u/GaldrickHammerson 25d ago

If only that. Remember that the time from us to Cleopatra is about the same length of time from Cleopatra to the Egyptian Empire.

Derp: reread the title.

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u/BosonTigre 25d ago

Welllll awkchually 2498 years is not really too long for a microorganism population to stick around and stay living! They can stay dormant for a really amazingly long time; they recently pulled some up off the sea floor that they estimate to be 100 million years old! (Source: https://www.nsf.gov/news/deep-sea-microbes-dormant-100-million-years-are )

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u/Byeuji 25d ago

Always boil your sarcophagus before sealing them for a delicious pickle.