The Black Sarcophagus
"The discovery of a 2,000-year-old black sarcophagus in Alexandria, Egypt, in July 2018, sparked speculation that its opening would unleash an apocalyptic curse. But once opened, the sarcophagus was found to contain only the remains of three Egyptian officers and a reddish-brown sewage liquid."
Admittedly, the brilliance of a curse is just a myth or speculation, except that today in 2020, Covid-19 could be one of those curses, triggering a global pandemic. Who knows?
"The Unluckiest Man"
“In Pompeii, the site of the disastrous eruption of Mount Vesuvius that buried the entire city in 79 AD, a man was found who appeared to have been crushed by a massive boulder, although archaeologists later determined that the man’s head and torso were in fact intact. Initially, they hypothesized that the boulder landed on him as he tried to flee, crushing him instantly.”
This means he was trapped under a huge boulder, while being near a volcanic eruption. Imagine all the smoke and ash, and the intense heat. It's even very likely that some of the lava reached the poor man. What a painful way to die, either from the extreme heat or from asphyxiation due to the ash.
Pits Full of Skulls
"Archaeologists working along the Great Wall of China have found remains describing a previously unknown primitive stratified society, the
. Along with thousands of jade artifacts, researchers discovered that human sacrifice was a significant feature of this society. At least six pits were filled with the decapitated heads of young women."
We will never know for sure whether these women were alive or already dead at the time of the decapitation, but given the presence of human sacrifices, I would assume they were indeed alive during this event. Imagine having to decapitate humans in the middle of a ritual! The vision behind it is so horrific.