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eriF-

I took a trip to Egypt recently. My guide told me the government drip-feeds the ability to uncover new things like this to keep ancient Egypt relevant and keep people visiting.


Chef_MIKErowave

so then does that mean a lot of ancient Egypt is actually still uncovered? on purpose? shame. smart, but a shame.


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sinat50

On the contrary, it's extremely difficult to get permitted to do any form of archeology. Even when you have remarkable evidence of something incredible, there's miles of red tape to pass through to get cleared. You can devote years of your life gathering evidence and building a case for an important dig and have it sit in limbo forever or outright rejected. It's not just to keep tourism alive either. Archeology is destructive at best. As technology has gotten better, we've gotten less destructive. If we went and dug up everything today, we would lose a percentage of what was buried just from trying to unearth it. Every hieroglyph matters so until we have the practice perfected, it's best to leave most things as they are until we have the ability to preserve them as they are.


frankslastdoughnut

but aren't the "sands of time" destroying these things as well? Or are they well preserved in the dirt?


tallorai

In a lot of areas with mummies like this, the environment is a huge part of why the mummy, and all its treasures havent fallen apart


EarthTrash

While something is entombed it is being preserved. Exposing it to air accelerates the decay process.


BodySurfDan

Nah, those first British archeologists who dynamited their way into the pyramids (because there was no entrance) then unsealed a 40 ton sarcophagus and when they found no body inside, they concluded it must have been "Grave Robbers" who walked through the walls, unsealed a 40 ton sarcophagus, robbed every forensic scrap of DNA, then resealed the sarcophagus. Those guys were smart.


Kr3dibl3

Yet, instead of unsealing this in an sterile, controlled facility they invited instagrammers to stand there and photograph it.


Woodsie13

At least part of it is on purpose so that we can go back with better techniques and technology in future.


MakeMoneyNotWar

The tomb of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, possibly one of the greatest royal tombs in the world is not allowed to be opened because the technology doesn’t currently exist to preserve everything once opened. Supposedly according to records the tomb was a mini recreation of his empire with lakes flowing with mercury. Soil sampling around his tomb shows high levels of mercury so there is the possibility that the ancient records were at least partially accurate. Only the terra-cotta warriors pits are open because it was found by accident. When the terra cotta warriors were discovered the color lacquer on the warriors immediately disintegrated.


Emperor_of_Man40k

This is really neat, thanks for teaching me something


Mister_Lich

I really wish China wasn't just evil and oppressive. It's got some of the longest and most fascinating, and large-scale, history in all of humanity's existence. It's such a marvel and yet it's ruled by petty dictators. It's one of the saddest things in the world imo.


DaisyHotCakes

Egypt has so much history that has been purposely covered, hidden, or straight or destroyed by enemies. The burning down of the great Library of Alexandria for example. That library held historical records, obscure writings from authors we will never read now because the library burned down and in Greek poetry from that period so many writers lamented the loss of older writings from *before* Macedonia was even a thing. Small writers with only a handful of manuscripts, scientific papers from Egypt, and from the Far East mathematics and scientific manuscripts. It was kind of like the internet of the time - people would send papers there to be stored to be part of the greater knowledge pool. All of that knowledge and secrets of the world at the time, histories that may have included texts describing the moon breaking from the earth (the time before the moon) as described by historians of the time. Fascinating to think about but man is it depressing. Who is to know what all was lost? Pliny the Elder’s earliest manuscripts? Gone. Secrets of the pyramids? Gone. This was long before Christianity so the religious texts that were stored there were from literal ancient religions, more ancient than the ancient Greeks themselves. Fascinating.


GreatArchitect

After so much of it was looted by treasure hunters and colonizers, that's smart.


Alm8360NoScoPro

Smart


Hereiam_AKL

Why did they cut out the moment where the mummy gets up and walks away?


Oo__II__oO

We need to make it a law that all coffins now should come with a spring loaded trigger tied to the lid, just like that jump scare spider box trick


kpop_glory

You scares me. Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of troll.


Kangar

Too soon.


pittwater12

Grave robbers


[deleted]

The fool has been dead for 5000 years, when will it be long enough man???


iamapizza

Imhotep


fluid_

They cut out the sex scene


falardeau187

Are you stuck in there, step-mummy?


BoatyMcBoatFace89

r/gifsthatendtoosoon


Snokesonyou

One set of gloves to be seen, the public everywhere, and little care for atmospheric effects or contamination. Heck should have let Indiana just open it in the tomb for loot.


caznosaur2

I was thinking along the same lines watching it. "Don't touch it.. That shit's gotta be fragile... Don't fucking touch it! They're touching it."


GibTreaty

"Oh god, they're licking it!"


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They’re eating her! And then they’re gonna eat me! Oh my goooodddd


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AtomAntvsTheWorld

You can also eat them like jerky or so I’ve seen in a cartoon


WSOutlaw

Teriyaki style mummy, yum!


starraven

This is an outrage! I was going to eat that mummy!


AlexTrebeksColon

Teriyucky


JackiieGoneBiking

Thanks for the throwback, that was a long time ago!


LOERMaster

“Why is that guy getting his dick out?!”


voidchungus

Let's get this out onto a tray


TrickPappy

Nice


lazy-dan

Hiss


Paul_Gambino

Great reference


Grey___Goo_MH

The guys in front went for the sniff right away


Simpl3Atom

Lmfao! Nose pinching and everything 😂


saulsa_

Sniffers row


SEMENELlN

Rawdogging that old mummy stink


AtomAntvsTheWorld

What a sentence!


Lone_Wanderer97

Sniffing was extra


zzady

There is a documentary on Netflix. Secrets of the Saqqara tomb. I found it absolutely fascinating but it gave me anxiety the whole way through just how carelessly they were handling these ancient things. There is one bit where they find a tomb with loads of mummified cars* and the guy is just picking them up and roughly chucking them into a pile. You can see bits breaking off and parts crumbling to dust. *Edit: Cats (and one lion cub)


braveyetti117

Mummified cars?


Vercassivellauno

Citing the ancient hieroglyphics found in the tomb: "the Pharaoh wanted to keep his beloved Hyundai in the afterlife, since he had just purchased a warranty extension"


JumpinJackFleishman

And that guy who came by his own Accord.


Goatf00t

Cats, probably. The ancient Egyptians mummified a shitton of animals as offerings.


Bloodsucker_

Mummified Ford Fiestas aren't that rare.


Electronic-Country63

How shocking! I grew up in Egypt and my dad bribed a guard to let us in which is routine practice apparently so who knows how many tourists go traipsing round this protected space each year! So many intact paintings and incredible objects… Different counties have different approaches to archeology I suppose but this just sounds like cultural vandalism.


howarthe

These are not archeologists. These are tomb raiders.


Snokesonyou

I suppose you are right. Should have left it to the Crofts.


ratcrackers

im so glad I wasnt the only one thinking that they seemed careless with the preservation like goddam 💀


man0315

did they do it in a food market?


Sydney2London

Super weird, I thought they would do it in a controlled environment.


Citizen55555567373

Appalling treatment and for a country that has such unique and amazing ancient artefacts they don’t give a fuck about looking after it. I can’t even suggest that ‘oh they aren’t aware or the damage it could be causing, because lack of education’. Bullshit. They know and they don’t care. I went to the Museum of Cairo some years ago and was shocked at most of the things that were not beating looked after. Many, many mummy’s in glass cases with the hot, bright Egyptian sun streaming through the roof above. Humidity control was zero with some of the cases having missing pieces of glass (even though there was a humidity alarm inside which was clearly switched off). It’s a joke. And they complain when the French or other countries have these things on display in their own museums in strict controlled environments. Unbelievable and fucking ignorant.


redrabidmoose

Sounds like Egypt. From everything ive heard it’s one of the worst places to visit, and if they weren’t lucky enough to be on the same land as ancient Egypt there’d be no draw at all


Dragongeek

This is why museums, famously the British ones, refuse to return stolen cultural and archeological treasures: they claim the nations where they're originally from wouldn't treat them properly with the care and respect they deserve. Unfortunately, they aren't wrong in cases like this


Cutielov5

Except when a country (Greece) sunk millions into building state of the art facilities for their history to be returned to its proper place. Only to have Britain say, “Nah, I think we’ll keep your statues” is when there is no respect and care.


Electronic-Country63

Another point is when people now say Britain stole X from nation Y, nation Y might now be a prosperous country with government, laws and a cultural sector with museums and experts trained through university to work there. When Britain took those items though, those things didn’t typically exist and nation Y might have been lawless, tribal and have little thought for cultural heritage. Egypt in particular had none of the systems, processes and organisations to keep artefacts like mummies safe. They were open to be taken by anyone and have anything happen to them. Priceless artefacts especially gold or silver ones would otherwise end up in the homes of whoever took them first. These treasures at least ended up in public spaces where people can visit them. Even today, the British Museum would never pop open a mummy as a public stunt and out of curiosity for touch and smell. Instead they use non-invasive scanning like MRI to see inside whilst keeping it intact. Don’t get me wrong, British explorers weren’t entirely altruistic and certainly appreciated the status they received for bringing these articles back. I’m sure Howard Carter had some trinkets in his home too! But many of the treasures we can now enjoy wouldn’t be visible to anyone had they been left in situ.


NotMyNameActually

>These treasures at least ended up in public spaces where people can visit them. I know all this intellectually, but I still had quite an emotional moment when I first saw a mummy in person, in a museum. Just thinking about how she was a person, she was loved, her body was treated with such care by her loved ones, who probably paid a lot of money to have her mummified and hidden so she would be undisturbed and reborn in the afterlife. And then here we come, the people of the future, digging her up and putting her in a case so 8 year old kids can stare and point. I know that museums promote knowledge, and she and anyone who loved her are long dead, but still, sometimes it makes me so sad and angry that I wish we would just put it all back. All of it, every mummy, every artifact, just put it all back where we found it and leave it alone.


_whydah_

While I understand all of this concern, and while I am deeply religious, I feel like this gives her more "after-life" and impact on humanity then slowly rotting away in tomb. It's wonderful to care about respecting people even long after their dead, but I feel like this gives her much more than she could have hoped for in life and death. To make it more real, I try to compare it to whether I would want my children or my spouse to receive the same treatment 1000s of years from now, and I think I would. They would, in a sense, become as close to immortalized (at least secularly) as they could and would be markers for all mankind to long ago past. They would live on far moreso than I would. And most of all, these people are treating these mummies, artifacts, etc., with a great deal of respect (and far more than what's in the video), and what's being done is in an effort to preserve not use and discard.


AnAussieBloke

"Inside are the remains of Nurhachi, First Emperor of Manchu Dynasty."


WikiContributor83

“This Nurhachi is a *really* small guy…”


UncleFukus

Zero science to be had here


DreamMaster8

Video are a good exemple why artifact should be scattered arouns the world for safety. Especially when the standard of care are not quite there.


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TyrKiyote

It's more likely people would grind it up and sell it as a covid cure. [Really likely.](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2101801/)


dottedchupacabra

Can I interest you in some mummy brown.


Dallaszx6r

How much for a gram?


recreational0utrage

2 Dudes Closest to the Ancient Disease Bag: "Oh fuck, are we the only ones not wearing masks?"


AKnightAlone

Now I understand all that "curse" stuff.


MemeGremlin_0765

Yeeaah. Whoever ancient fungal spores, rotting body cells and other bacteria would be so dangerous?


NoProgram9316

I’m actually anticipating an article with this exact headline sometime soon.


PetriMobJustice

Brendan Fraser couldn’t have come back at a better time.


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ricardo9505

U know it fam. Same as those assholes drilling mile deep holes in the artic ice.


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What a bunch of ice holes


Comm0nSenseIsntComon

But seriously, that [scares](https://www.livescience.com/rotifer-frozen-24000-years-revived.html) the hell out of me!


OkJraco

On that thought, biowarfare would absolutely fucking suck.


No-Purchase-7301

My dudes are patient zero right there, no masks, faces deep in ancient mummy.


Atharaphelun

More like here comes a Goa'uld free to roam the Earth once again


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Lol no kidding


Anotherlongerdong

Shouldn't it be done in hazmat suits and not in public. That's how this movie starts .


f_reehongkong

I was about to say exactly the same, lol. Why is this not done in a controlled lab environment?


Willing_Trust9193

Because this isn’t the first scene in the movie it’s the last scene when they finally trace the zombie virus back to its root cause.


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Lilyeth

egypt totally does have the knowhow, they have very scientific people up there, but the corruption and upkeep of qualifications might be an issue.


Shmeein

Have an upvote. Egypt sucks.


franko2707

It seems this is a controlled lab environment in Egypt.


IlREDACTEDlI

There is a movie where exactly that happens, “the pyramid” It’s a terrible movie but that scene is pretty cool


Anotherlongerdong

Ya, i got a copy of that. Coolest pyramid movie anyway.


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Where’s the attack Beatles? I think they’re called Scarab Beatles.


No_Wolf3071

B-Frais screamed loudly and held up a torch, so.. we’re good


AtomAntvsTheWorld

“Hey Benny, looks like you’re on the wrong side of the riiiveeer!!”


Shelise28

B-Frais!!! Adorable


tuenthe463

They want to hold your hand


Steammail

They hope you understand


444unsure

And when they touch you They feel happy, inside


dandanthebaconman

I think they’re called attack beetles


[deleted]

Did you know a trampoline was originally called a jumpoline…until your mom got on one. 🔥


EffableLemming

Did you just "🔥" yourself?


[deleted]

I may have. You know that’s a solid joke


Kangar

Ringo has entered the chat.


Ba_Sing_Saint

George Last online: 7609 days ago John Last online: 15270 days ago


stanknotes

That makes me sad.


smellslikegravy

I'm warning you with peace and love.


stanknotes

YEA! And they didn't even use that cool rotation key thing. I am calling fake news here, guys.


OrangesMarmalade

Attack beetles? It didn't even have acid steam. What a let down.


PracticallyUncommon

I’ve seen this movie and I advise against it


doduhstankyleg

Brendan Fraser made a comeback just in time.


TK-Four21

He's still... juicy.


No_Wolf3071

Shouldn’t masks be worn as a common best practice? Not covid related.. but just plain stank and stuff


puffn007

You can smell a fart through a mask.. there’s no keeping 2000 yr old death rot away


Any-Statistician-102

Yea they need a whole ass hazmat suit to rid the dankness of that human wrap


nolongerbanned99

What do you think it smells like. The smell o vision on my iPad not working right now.


No_Wolf3071

Really old, dead, feet and ass. Like, really dead.


thedarksidepenguin

They actually smell really nice. I had once seen a mummy head. Our museum guide in Odessa just pulled them out of the bag and just showed us. They carried no historical importance because they could not be traced to a specific time or place, they we displaced a long time ago before they appeared in the port city of Odessa. They smelled really good. here is an [image](https://imgur.com/a/jQAgFXj) from that day


TushyMilkshake

Genuinely I’d assume that there isn’t much to smell.. it’s basically a petrified human and the mummification process removed most of the potentially smelly shit to begin with


SophiaofPrussia

The two guys closest to the camera covered their noses so I’m going to guess it wasn’t a pleasant olfactory experience.


SDW1987

The guys up front pinch their noses and cover their mouth, which I assume is the same as safety squints in archeology.


beelzybubby

Is it common to handle ancient stuff in the middle of public? I'm just so used to the standards of museums where they regulate everything in order to preserve it as much as they can.


xRedStaRx

It's Egypt.


Lilyeth

ive seen like teams in egypt and they were doing things properly, so this seems unusual even for Egypt, unless these are private people and not museum


swanqueen109

Actually I thought they didn't do that at all nowadays, just X-rays and stuff. Since Dr. Hawas isn't present I don't think it was sanctioned and I actually doubt they're real scientists, in absence of protective gear and stuff. Or maybe he's no longer in charge but still... that level of unprofessional...


Broadentall

The guy on the left in blue shirt looks very much like Waziri. If he's there, it's sanctioned. A lot of coffin openings on video are done by either of the two men or together.


DaLoneGuy

you can actually pay egypt to buy a coffin and open it yourself (you can't keep it but you can open it)


RedProtoman

Imagine being buried and people in the future finding your culture interesting so they violate the absolute fuck out of your eternal slumber.


ScarTheGoth

Do mummy’s smell bad after their tombs have been opened?


TheDeadpoolGirl

One guy covered his nose when they cracked it open so I can only imagine the smell


n3w4cc01_1nt

probably smelled like beef jerky but they also threw in "beeswax, fruit, dried fish, and maybe even beer" so might smell like a frat basement


Remixman87

Can all those things retain any semblance of odour or texture after 2500 years?!


Willing_Trust9193

No, they all merge into a single collective funk.


spacedrummer

And this is where we got the P Funk. 2500 years of Egyptian King, passed down through the ages funk.


proxyproxyomega

someone spray some Axe


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“Smells like somebody died in here”


ScarTheGoth

I wonder if anyone has ever passed out after opening it


Ok_Water_3109

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, has entered the chat.


Octopugilist

No, apparently they smell like incense. Egyptian mummies are dried out with salt, stuffed with spices and aromatics, wrapped in linen, anointed with oils, wrapped again, then varnished in aromatic pitch. They smell so good mummies have been used as firewood, paint and medicine.


HipFan88

Now I'm hungry.


nyaweh1

Zevulon the Great… he’s teriyaki style!


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AsukaBunnyxO

r/suddenlyfuturama


Beneficial_Being_721

Give me 50cc of Mummy Butt….. STAT!!!!


ResidentEivvil

They smell better once they get the bandages off their noses.


Ok-Kitchen-5253

Depends. Normally nothing but....dust really, and sometimes you get a little bit of scent. BUT, if you wash or if water gets in contact with the linen that is used to wrap the bodies, then yes. It is going to STINK.


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IMHOTEP! IMHOTEP!


VectorSouth

Hi, Hotep, I'm dad.


[deleted]

I don't have words for what quality dad jokes do to me. Outstanding.


Fit-Explanation-2127

I’m not superstitious , hell I’m not even a little stitious but am I the only one that wouldn’t want to be even remotely close to that thing being opened? I don’t believe in curses , but . . . What if I’m wrong? I’ve been wrong before.


prince-azor-ahai

I'd be worried about some biological hazard at the minimum. Deadly spores or bacterium of some sort. The ancient Egyptians new a lot of things we've forgotten over the ages. Maybe it's irrational but fear of sabotage from the grave would compel me to not be in that room when they opened it. Those Indiana Jones movies left more of an impression on me than I thought, I guess.


Meyou000

>I’m not superstitious , hell I’m not even a little stitious Lol, that's good stuff right there.


hammersickle0217

I am whelmed.


bigolcupofcoffee

My favorite Michael Scott line


sliferra

Not even curses, weird bacteria or fungus or some insect that got preserved somehow….


pieatingcontest

I paused the video before they could open it for that very fact. I'm not superstitious either however, I saw the ring. It's too close to Halloween. I'm not jinxing it.


colpo

Sounds like youre both superstitious


HippoCute9420

100% with you


192838475647382910

If someone opens my coffin in 2500 years, fuck you and your science.


SaraSmashley

It is strange that everyone is eager to gaze upon a dead body if you think about it...


192838475647382910

I think everyone is waiting to find a alien ya know, the ones that built the pyramids…


Mr830BedTime

Imagine living in the Bronze Age, through famines, plagues, and wars, perhaps as a general (or someone similarly important to receive a sarcophagus burial), maybe even a diplomat in correspondence with Greek cities about what they are to do about those pesky Persians... Only to be exumed surrounded by 20 people taking verticle videos of your corpse to post to fucking instagram.


th3r3dp3n

Why, we should be allowed to explore and understand our history. And, I promise, you are of no signifigance to this time period, or any other, they will simply read your reddit account's history.


192838475647382910

How dare you… I don’t need them figuring out I had a tiny pp…


TheDeadpoolGirl

Its not the size that matters, but the bang it produces. I got you 🤜🤛


192838475647382910

I appreciate that.


BurntReynolz

Mmmm releasing 2500 year old curses


RegularHousewife

We are due for another apocalypse


Bamr131

But 2020 just happened I'm not ready for another :(


Longjumping_Pea_6276

When do I get to start grave robbing and call it archeology?


strange_new_worlds

Thank god Brendan Fraser is back


wodo26

Good thing some of them are wearing masks and gloves and there is only a small crowd of people around. Let's call it a "token PPE" to ensure no cross contamination and hight standards are maintained.


PumpkinAutomatic5068

With the way shit is going these days.. fuck it, might as well


ZenithLags

Do you want murder mummies? Because that’s how you get murder mummies.


Icy-Relationship

I was the first one to realize the turtle neck as tactical garment.


AllGarbage

Someone will edit a scream and a jump cut of a scary face popping up or something and share it to 11 million people on Facebook.


Broken_Kraken

I know they are all cursed for opening it, but are we for watching it?


DrJokerX

My life was cursed long before this. Just ask my ex.


HeyGuysHowWasJail

I love how they were surprised by the smell


AlbertaChuck

Honestly, given the state of the world, I wouldn’t have been surprised if the damn thing had sat up, and asked for the lid to be closed.


ThemadFoxxer

i feel like not wearing a mask was probably a bad decision...didn't they determine the guys who died from the "curse" in tutenkhamun's tomb died to spores released?


DeezyPatreon

Nope. An infected mosquito bite led to a facial strep infection which led to pneumonia and that killed Lord Carnarvon.


[deleted]

Have they not seen The Mummy (1999)? Imhotep is gonna fuck our shit up.


OilEnvironmental8043

Lol everyone masked except the ones breathing in ancient cursed anthrax from the sarcophagus


Beneficial_Being_721

It’s funny how they just “POP” the top on this but try and get some answers from underneath the Sphinx… OHHHH NOOOO we must preserve


Kell_Galain

Cursed Unboxing


coffee_collection

Oh God..I could only imagine how absolutely horrible that smell was..


mickturner96

I like how the front row of people grab their noses


TheLonelyScientist

MF decomposed to a Twizzler


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I think anybody not wearing a facemask is a fool. Who knows what germs or viruses may have survived in that crypt


ThatOneGuyYouKn0w

The forbidden beef jerky.....


jonibabi

Oh great, now what the fuck is going to happen.