Archaeologists thought this sarcophagus was empty for 150 years. It wasn't.

(Image credit: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

published 27 March 2018

From the time an Egyptian coffin arrived in a Sydney university museum 150 years ago, it was listed as empty — until it was opened last year.

Researchers were shocked to find human bones, bandages, and beads from a funeral shawl under the lid, BBC reported.

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.

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