A UFO expert claimed that one of NASA’s photos of Mars showed an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus. This coincides with a previous discovery of an object that resembled the head of an Egyptian statue on the Red Planet.

Scott Waring of ET Database spotted the coffin-like image through the photos taken by NASA’s Opportunity rover. According to NASA, the subject of the photo was the rock layers and formation on the cliff of Cape St. Vincent in Mars’ Victoria Crater.

Waring saw the strange object lodged in one of the crevices of the rock layers. Using photo-editing applications, Waring zoomed in on a part of a photo and altered its colors to reveal the distinct shape of what appeared to be a sarcophagus from ancient Egypt.

The overall shape of the object closely resembled the coffins used by Egyptians to bury pharaohs and other high officials. In addition, the object appeared to have intricate engravings on its surface.

This isn’t the first time that an object resembling an ancient Egyptian relic was spotted on Mars. Last year, a photo taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover attracted widespread attention after several UFO experts claimed that it showed a piece of an Egyptian statue.

Based on the photo, the object looked like the head of a statue that was modeled after an Egyptian female warrior, First Post reported.

The discovery of these alleged relics on Mars has sparked debates regarding the nature of the ancient civilizations that once thrived on the Red Planet. Many UFO enthusiasts like Waring believe that the Egyptians on Earth actually came from Mars, which would explain the number of relics found on the alien planet.

“Are ancient Egyptians from Mars?” Waring wrote in a blog post. “Did they then move to Egypt, because Egypt is very similar in appearance and weather to that of Mars. No other place on Earth looks much like Mars.”

“So if this is true, it totally explains why such amazing pyramids are built way out in the middle of nowhere,” he added. “It’s because it was the closest home that they could come.”

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Details of Layers in Victoria Crater's Cape St. Vincent NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell University