Mummies with solid gold chips in their mouths were discovered at the Quweisna necropolis in the central Nile Delta, about 40 miles north of Cairo . The deceaseds real tongues were removed and replaced with a piece of gold replicating the organ so that they could interact with Osiris, the ancient Egyptian Lord of the Underworld, during the embalming process .
New Delhi, India, December 5: According to the New York Post, archaeologists in Egypt have discovered many ancient mummies with solid-gold tongues in their mouths at the Quweisna necropolis in the central Nile Delta, about 40 miles north of Cairo.In a press release published by New York Post, experts investigating the tombs at the site discovered several mummies with gold chips in their mouths, according to Dr Mustafa Waziri, the Supreme Council for Archeology's secretary general.According to Waziri, the deceased's real tongues were removed and replaced with a piece of gold replicating the organ so that they could interact with Osiris, the ancient Egyptian Lord of the Underworld, during the embalming process.The mummies were in poor shape, according to the New York Post.
The golden-tongued mummies were discovered in a recently discovered extension of the cemetery, which housed cadavers from three distinct historical periods, according to Dr Ayman Ashmawi, chairman of the Egyptian archaeology branch of the Supreme Council of Archeology, each burial level revealed evidence of different rites and ways of burying the mummies.This was not the first time expensive metal-encrusted mummies have been discovered in Egypt, according