coronavirus pandemic and Egypt is cracking open a few millennia-old mummy coffins in front of a live audience.What could go wrong?Dozens of people crowded around on Saturday as archeologists unsealed the first of 59 sealed sarcophagi, which contain the bodies of ancient Egyptian priests who were buried some 2,500 years ago.
Some onlookers wore masks but a few did not as they waited to get a look at — and a whiff of — the long-buried priest’s remains.
Egyptian priest's 'voice' recreated after 3,000 years The first wooden sarcophagus contained a mummy wrapped in an ornate burial cloth, which had been decorated to resemble the deceased priest’s face.