Discovered the ancient Egyptian coffin

The largest ancient Egyptian coffin was discovered in a tomb in the Pharaoh's Valley.

Archaeologists have discovered a giant stone casket under a tomb in the Pharaoh's Valley. This granite coffin was built for Merneptah, an Egyptian Pharaoh who lived more than 3,200 years ago.

Scientists are reconstructing a stone coffin.

However, this stone coffin was broken into pieces more than 3,000 years ago and now archaeologists are assembling fragments together. It is over 4m long, 2.3m wide and 2.5m tall. The lid of the stone coffin is still quite intact.

"This is the largest Pharaoh stone coffin ever discovered," said Dr. Edwin Brock, of the Ontario Royal Museum in Toronto (Canada) and head of the study. on LiveScience.

Archaeologists believe that the pieces of the stone coffin were fully assembled before being put into the tomb. It was transferred to the tomb by a pulley system consisting of ropes and wooden beams.

But when the builders brought the coffin to the grave, they found that it did not fit into the grave. Therefore, they had to break the door of the tomb for further expansion and then proceed to rebuild the door.