Egyptian archaeologists have discovered ancient tombs containing mummies with golden tongues. Authorities say a number of mummies were found at the Qewaisna necropolis, a burial site in Egypt with hundreds of tombs from different periods of the country's history.
It is believed that their actual tongues would have been removed during embalming and replaced with gold so that the dead could speak to the god Osiris in the afterlife.
In Egyptian mythology, Osiris is the "Lord of the Underworld" and judge of the dead and one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt.
According to legend, Osiris, the god of the dead, was killed and dismembered into pieces that were scattered throughout Egypt.
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Isis, Osiris' sister and wife, was able to resurrect him after finding all the pieces and making her husband whole again.
It is believed that the presence of a golden tongue may have allowed the dead to convince Osiris to show mercy to their souls.
According to Dr. Mustafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Archaeological Council, the mummies are in a poor state of preservation.
Some of them were found with gold tongues, while others were covered with thin sheets of gold and placed in wooden coffins.
Others were polished with gold on the bones just below the linen wrappings used in the embalming process.
Gold digits shaped like cockroaches and lotus flowers were also found, as well as a number of ornaments used for embalming.
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