Inside were three skeletons floating in foul-smelling sewage that had leaked into the vessel from the road above through a small crack in the sarcophagus, according to Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities.
July 20, 2018
Inside the 2,000-year-old, 30-ton sarcophagus found recently in Alexandria, Egypt.
If they'd kept it closed, we could still be fantasizing about the glories or monstrous evil within, but they had to open it. The NYT reports:
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The face melting holy fire takes a little time to get going, so the movie says.
It’s the ladies of “The View.”
Do skeletons really float? I feel sure that bone is denser than water.
Well, so much for the after-life.
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi (so goes the glory of the world)
"Do skeletons really float?"
The question is whether 2,000-year-old mummified remains, where all that is left is what in life would be bone, float. What is the composition of those skull-shapes?
Also, what they are in is not water.
Also, what they are in is not water.
If it seeped in through a small crack, it's probably all fluid with the approximate properties of water.
"If it seeped in through a small crack, it's probably all fluid with the approximate properties of water."
Since only "bone" is left of what were 3 mummies, I'd say the liquid has a lot of dissolved minerals and decayed organic material. Wouldn't that affect floatation? Salt affects floatation. My only point is that we're not looking at bones in water, but something other solid in some sort of liquid and the news report called it "floating." I'm just holding out hope that the news media is doing its job properly and there really was some floatation.
I noticed this spring that my arms float in the tub. They're not very fat (which floats) or muscular (which doesn't), so it must be the bone that's buoyant. Don't know about skulls or spines, as I didn't cut off my head and I haven't got the other.
That stinks.
Ha ha.
"Oh, why, why, this—this is a granite box of shit!"
"But it’s really great shit, Mrs. Presky."
Do human skeletons float?
"Yes they do float in water because at first they float and then they sink because they are kind of hollow so the water fills it up and soon enough it sinks. "
http://www.answers.com/Q/Do_human_skeletons_float
The sarcophagus is pretty good metaphor for our nation's capital. Trump has pulled the lid off to expose the ossified inhabitants immersed in sewage.
It is also a pretty good metaphor for the Middle East - filled with ancient wonders, kinda crappy more recently.
SO they were mummified wearing flotation gear? Probably concerned about the annual Nile floods in the afterlife.
That is going into my next D&D campaign
"But it’s really great shit, Mrs. Presky."
They were Jews who had been hit over the head with bags of sugar.
Muller can subpoena the contents to see it Trump and or Russians are involved.
Densities of Different Body Matter - ...
www.scrollseek.com › training › densitie...
Type, Avg Density Value (g/ml). Blood, 1.0428 g/cm3. Bone, 1.7500 g/cm3. Fat, 0.9094 g/cm 3. Muscle, 1.0599 g/cm3 ...
Definitely heavier even than Dead Sea water.
They probably just didn't want to lower themselves to say "sloshing around."
But Althouse, "floatation?" Really? Three times? Not "flotation?"
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