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Egypt reveals details of skeletons found inside sarcophagus

Egypt says researchers have determined the gender and age of the three skeletons found inside a black granite sarcophagus uncovered in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria in July.

Nadia Kheider, of the Antiquities Ministry, says on Sunday the skeletons belong to a woman in her early 20s, a man in his late 30s and a man in his early 40s.

Chief researcher Zeinab Hasheesh says one of the skulls has a cavity indicating a "surgical intervention". Mostafa Waziri, head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, says researchers found gold inside some of the bones.

The 2 000-year-old sarcophagus, which was filled with red fluid, created a stir on social media. The ministry says the red fluid was sewage water.

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