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    Golden tongue mummies discovered in Egypt

    Some of the mummies' mouths were filled with gold flakes shaped like human tongues.


    Digital Desk: mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0A0A0A">In Egypt,
    archaeologists discovered several ancient mummies with golden tongues.



    color:#0A0A0A">The mummies were discovered in the central Nile Delta at the
    Quweisna necropolis.



    color:#0A0A0A">The Supreme Council of Antiquities' Egyptian archaeological
    mission discovered an extension of the archaeological Quesna cemetery.



    color:#0A0A0A">The ancient tombs date from various periods of history.



    color:#0A0A0A">According to Mustafa Waziri, Secretary-General of the Supreme
    Council of Antiquities, they contain a number of mummies with golden tongues.



    color:#0A0A0A">Some of the mummies' mouths were filled with gold flakes shaped
    like human tongues.



    color:#0A0A0A">The mummies were in poor condition, but the skeletons with gold
    linen were still intact, according to Egypt Independent.



    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0A0A0A">At the site, there
    were also some wooden coffins and copper nails used in those coffins.



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    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0A0A0A">Even though they have
    been discovered before, the golden tongues remain a mystery.



    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0A0A0A">The site, discovered
    in 1989, is thought to have been occupied between 300 BCE and 640 CE during the
    Ptolemaic and Roman periods.



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    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0A0A0A">A skull with a gold
    tongue-shaped ornament framed in its yawning mouth was discovered in early
    2021.



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    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0A0A0A">Then, at the end of
    2021, a man, a woman, and a child mummy with golden tongues were discovered,
    dating back more than 2,500 years.



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    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0A0A0A">At the time of the
    discoveries, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities suspected that
    embalmers had placed gold in the mummies' mouths to ensure the dead could
    navigate the afterlife.



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