A mummy with a golden tongue was discovered in an intact Egyptian tomb

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of three ancient Egyptians – a man, a woman and a child – equipped with gold leaf tongues, a treasure that will likely help them speak to gods in the afterlife, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

The findings were located in two neighboring tombs. One of the tombs, looted by burial robbers, contained the remains of a woman and a 3-year-old child and had a limestone sarcophagus with a female-shaped lid, according to Ahram Online. But the tomb of the man, from the 26th dynasty (664 BC to 525 BC), also known as the Saite period, was untouched.

“This is very important, because it is rare to find a tomb that is completely sealed,” said Esther Pons Mellado, co-director of the Oxyrhynchus Archaeological Mission at The National, a Middle East newspaper.

Researchers from the Sturgeon Archaeological Mission, co-organized by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and the University of Barcelona, ​​have discovered a find at the Sturgeon Archaeological Site near the modern city of El Bahnasa, about 100 miles (160 kilometers). ) south of Cairo. Sturgeon was the capital of the 19th prefecture, or province, of Upper Egypt, according to the mission’s website. It is known for the Oxyrhynchus papyri or ancient Greek, Latin and other languages ​​written in hundreds of thousands of papyri dating from the third century BC. until the seventh century AD

Fascinating Find: Archaeologists have discovered the remains of three ancient Egyptian inhabitants — a man, woman and child — outfitted with tongues of gold foil. https://t.co/EOzypfnjCn pic.twitter.com/Uc5Q4soYNM

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The two newly discovered tombs add to the history of the ancient capital. The man’s tomb contained a mummy buried in a limestone sarcophagus with an anthropomorphic lid, as well as four jars with a canopy designed to hold the body of the deceased, amulets, green beads and about 400 burial figurines, known as the National, ushabti .

The identities of the man, woman and child are unknown, but archaeologists hope further excavations will reveal more information.

This is the second time this year that archaeologists have found golden tongues in ancient Egyptian burials. In January, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the discovery of a 2,000-year-old golden tongue mummy at Taposiris Magna, an archeological site on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. Maybe this person received a golden tongue to help him speak in the afterlife, especially to a deity like Osiris, the god of the underworld, previously reported Live Science.

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