The narrator said: “Martina found a coffin that remained hidden from the looters.

“But first he has to get to the grave: a sand storm from the Sahara is blowing from the south.

“As the sandstorm reaches gale force, even the 200-meter journey to the burial becomes a battle.

“In the tomb shelter, the team can now carefully remove the coffin lid from the sarcophagus.

“They are about to find out if anything has survived after almost 4,000 years.”

When the expert attempted to remove the coffin, she seemed shocked by its appearance.

She said: “It’s very heavy, but before that it’s very scary.”

“It’s like a horror movie, if this mummy moves, I go as fast as I can.”

The team was baffled by their estimate, since people in ancient Egypt did not age very much.

Very high infant mortality rates due to high risk of infections led to low average life expectancy.

However, those who survived childhood lived a little longer.

Dr. Bardonova continued in 2019: “The average life expectancy was about 25 years, but more women died during childbirth.

“When you have someone who is over 70, I don’t want to say I’m surprised, but it’s good to know, it’s good to have someone who is really old.”

Tutankhamun is one of the most famous pharaohs of ancient Egypt, but it is believed that he only lived to be 18 years old.

Human remains are primary sources used to calculate age and life expectancy, as few written and visual records exist.

Occasionally, the age of death can be found as an inscription that forms part of the mummy labels attached to the bodies.

Secondary evidence of aging includes legal documents where the person is sometimes referred to as “aged.”

In ancient Egypt, the elderly were defined as older adults who could no longer contribute with their work.

Egyptian writings indicate a social norm of respect for older people, but there was no social position in society for older people.