WATCH: Video Of 2500-Year-Old Mummy Being Unsealed By Egypt Archaeologists Goes Viral; Spooked Netizens Blame The Year '2020'

A video clip of over 2500 year old coffin being opened in Egypt has gone viral and has left netizens spooked. Check video and reactions here.

2500 Year Old Mummy Unsealed: We all have must have seen Stephen Sommers’ popular directorial masterpiece ‘The Mummy’ and many of us are certainly not the fans of how opening a coffin ends up! A real-life video of a group of archaeologists opening over thousand years old coffin has been going viral on the internet and has spooked the netizens. The video clip that has been doing rounds on social media features archaeologists in Egypt unsealing the first of the total 59 mummies that were discovered inside the burial wells in Saqqara’s archaeological area. Greg Lewis, New zealand’s Ambassador to Egypt , who was present at the event, tweeted the video of he new tomb of mummies that has been  discovered. He said he was a witness to a mummy coffin being opened for the first time in 2600 years.

Honoured to be invited by the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities HE Khaled El Anany to Saqqara for the announcement that a new tomb of mummies has been discovered. I saw one being opened for the first time in 2600 years! Truly amazing! @TourismandAntiq @MFATNZ 🇪🇬🇳🇿 pic.twitter.com/5oLfAM7zAV

— Greg Lewis 🇳🇿🇪🇬 (@NZinEgypt) October 3, 2020

Though discovery of tombs and coffins isn’t a novelty in Egypt, but for the netizens it was something very rare. As per reports, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism had said in its presser that initially 3 wells with 13 coffins were discovered, which was followed by 14 other wells with coffins, thus bringing the total count of coffins discovered so far to 59. Here are a couple of videos and reactions from the internet.

Privileged to attend the opening of a recently unearthed #sarcophagi in an #ancient #Egyptian city of the dead in #Saqqara. A credit to the Minister of Tourism & Antiquities HE Khaled El Anany & everyone else involved in an amazing dig. 🇪🇬#Egypt #Archaeology pic.twitter.com/IgsYCekJFz

— Glenn Miles 🇦🇺🇪🇬 🇸🇩 🇪🇷 (@AusAmbEgy) October 3, 2020

And a new curse is released on 2020. #BrendanFraser #mummy https://t.co/4jwlaDLMKa

— Ira Owens (@iraowens) October 5, 2020

Ummm... have these people never seen “The Mummy”? #2020worstyear #Egypt #mummy pic.twitter.com/FJiAem3pdX

— The Rumble Online (@theRumble9) October 5, 2020

NOOOOOOOOooooooo! 😱 Don’t you people watch movies? Don’t you know this is 2020? Not now, please. #Mummy https://t.co/hWqMeOMF0M

— ((ProperGander News)) 🎯 (@BamaStephen) October 5, 2020

The mummy tomb, which has been sealed for 2500 years, has been opened for the first time. From @VisuallySt #mummy pic.twitter.com/UllIDn1RnB

— 🆅🅴🅽🅺🅰🆃🅴🆂🅷 🆅🅴🅽🅺🆈 (@VENKYyadav_143) October 7, 2020