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by 2845197541 2896 days ago
But how did sewage water get in there?
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personlurking 2896 days ago
"The stinking reddish liquid turned out to be sewage that penetrated the sarcophagus through a small crack and completely flooded it from the inside."

http://earth-chronicles.com/science/the-first-details-of-the...

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loxs 2896 days ago
Most probably it's not "sewage" water but "corpse decomposition water"
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m23khan 2896 days ago
corpse decomposition water won't last 2000+ years especially if not frozen. Probably the coffin was porous or had crack from where the sewage water seeped into the coffin from a nearby leaking sewage pipeline.
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tamersalama 2896 days ago
If that's the case - then it's quite precious. Analysis of this water would reveal a lot.
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