A mysterious discovery has been made inside the wall of an English seaside house - the lid of an Egyptian coffin thought to date back 3,000 years. Auctioneer Stephen Drake was assessing the contents of a property after the death of its owner when he found the cobweb-covered relic.
It was standing upright in the cavity of an outside wall, complete with painted face and faded hieroglyphics.
Mr Drake consulted historians at Cambridge University who said the six-foot-long sarcophagus cover appeared to date from 700 BC.
But how it came to reside inside the modest address which was being renovated in Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex remains a mystery.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
England: Auctioneer Discovers Cobweb-covered Ancient Egyptian Coffin Lid Inside a Wall
A mysterious discovery has been made inside the wall of an English seaside house - the lid of an Egyptian coffin thought to date back 3,000 years. Auctioneer Stephen Drake was assessing the contents of a property after the death of its owner when he found the cobweb-covered relic.
It was standing upright in the cavity of an outside wall, complete with painted face and faded hieroglyphics.
Mr Drake consulted historians at Cambridge University who said the six-foot-long sarcophagus cover appeared to date from 700 BC.
But how it came to reside inside the modest address which was being renovated in Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex remains a mystery.
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