Hushed researchers craned their necks and media scuffled inside the stiflingly hot underground stone chamber as Egyptian antiquities chief Zahi Hawass slowly cracked open the coffin's lid — for what scientists believe is the first time in more than 3,000 years.
But instead of a mummy, as archaeologists had expected, the coffin revealed a tangle of fabric and rusty-colored dehydrated flowers woven together in laurels that looked likely to crumble to dust if touched.
"I prayed to find a mummy, but when I saw this, I said it's better — it's really beautiful," said Nadia Lokma, chief curator of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Liar.
There's quite a few stories floating around on this, but this is the one to be posted here.