The Mummy Returns?: Black granite sarcophagus found in Egypt.

Despite Warnings Of A Curse, Ministry of Antiquities, are set to open the sarcophagus in the next few days.

 A large stone sarcophagus, still sealed, was uncovered during a construction survey in the city of Alexandria in Egypt Mediterranean.

A worn alabaster head, possibly a depiction of the coffin's occupant, was found nearby.

 The burial site was believed to date from the Ptolemaic period.

That was 2,000 years ago.

The nearly nine-foot-long, five-foot-wide sarcophagus is the largest ancient coffin yet discovered in the city, according to an official statement. 

The granite coffin is estimated to weigh some 30 tons!

 Speculation is that it may be the resting place of a powerful or wealthy person.

Some think it might be Alexander the Great, who founded his namesake city. 

One archaeologists, who works in Alexandria and have knowledge of the discovery, thinks since Alexandria wasn't even founded until the fourth century B.C., the massive sarcophagus may have been brought to the city empty, from an earlier, dynastic-period site down the Nile and then re-used to bury someone in later years.

Another archaeologist, who also works in Alexandria, believes that the burial itself may also actually date to the Roman period. which follows the Ptolemaic period, based on the sarcophagus being uncovered just 15 feet below the modern street surface. 

This archaeologist also points out that the site of the burial is outside the boundaries of ancient Alexandria, making it highly unlikely that an ancient Egyptian royal would have been buried there.

Waad Abul-Ela, head of the projects sector at the Ministry of Antiquities, offered two potential methods to extract the find.

 One, to surround the sarcophagus with protective fill dirt and then lift the entire mass out of the pit via bulldozer.

If that doesn't work then they are going to try to open the coffin in place and then remove the lid and base separately via a hoist.

Some fear that opening the sarcophagus might release a curse.

The fear stems from what's known as the "Curse of the pharaohs". 

When King Tutankhamun was found, a number of people involved in the excavation of his tomb in 1922 died early deaths in the following decade.

MOA says the sarcophagus will be opened in the next couple of days.

THE BLACK SARCOPHAGUS WAS OPENED