Archaeologists had previously unearthed 16 gold tongues at Oxyrhynchus. The ancient Egyptians put gold tongues in mummies with the intention of helping the deceased speak in the afterlife ...

MORE than a dozen Egyptian mummies embellished with gold tongues and fingernails have been uncovered by archaeologists. Surrounded by ancient amulets, the colourful 2,000-year-old tombs were found ...

The ancient Egyptians put gold tongues in mummies with the intention of helping the deceased speak in the afterlife, and because they believed that gold was "the flesh of the gods," as per Live ...

Ancient Egyptians believed gold was a divine material, a skin almost, and researchers have found several golden tongues in recent years. In 2021, archaeologists working on the outskirts of the ...

Archeologists have discovered the mummified remains of a man and woman who died about 2,500 years ago in El Bahnasa, about 136 miles south of Cairo. Three gold foil amulets in the shape of tongues ...

It is worth noting that archaeologists had previously unearthed 16 gold tongues at Oxyrhynchus. Interestingly, the ancient Egyptians put gold tongues in mummies with the intention of helping the ...