The unsettling red liquid pooled around three decomposed mummies found inside a 2,000-year-old burial chamber in the historic Egyptian port city of Alexandria has taken on a life of its own.
Horrifying images of a trio of skeletons floating in the murky soup led to rumors that the “mummy juice†contained medicinal or supernatural properties, with locals anxious to bottle the stuff.
Others feared its odd coloring signified the presence of a metal such as mercury.
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