Archaeologists opened that mysterious sarcophagus. It's disgusting.

The world asked, and Egypt answered.

Archaeologists opened the creepy black sarcophagus they uncovered last week, the country's ministry of antiquities announced Thursday. There's no sign of a curse, but the contents are still revolting.

The sealed coffin was the largest ever found in Alexandria, Egypt, and looters somehow never cracked its lid during its 2,000 years in the ground. That job was left to archaeologists, who granted Twitter users' wishes and unsealed the tomb Thursday.

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Inside, archaeologists found the remains of what appear to be three warriors, as one skeleton looks like it was struck with an arrow. There's also a lot of nasty red sewage that leaked in over the millenia. The sarcophagus, sans sewage, will be restored and transferred to an Alexandria museum, per the ministry.

If you haven't eaten in the past few hours, take a peek inside with these pictures. Kathryn Krawczyk