Golden Tongue Mummies: Why Egyptians Buried the Dead with Gold Foil

Egyptian Archeologists Discover ‘Golden Tongues’ Inside Sealed Tombs at Ancient Coastal City

The most recent discovery offers fresh insights into Marina el-Alamein, one of Egypt’s best-preserved Greco-Roman archeological sites

Egypt, 18 ancient tombs found with ‘golden tongue’ burial rite

New excavations at Marina El Alamein, ancient Leukaspis, reveal 18 Ptolemaic and Roman tombs with rare amulets and gold sheets used in “golden tongue” rites, enriching Mediterranean archaeology.

Golden Tongue Mummies: Why Egyptians Buried the Dead with Gold Foil

Archaeologists unsealed 18 ancient tombs at Egypt's Marina El Alamein and found thin gold foil amulets shaped to fit human tongues — placed inside the mouths of the dead so they could speak before the god Osiris in the afterlife judgment. The post Golden Tongue Mummies: Why Egyptians Buried the Dead with Gold Foil appeared first on History Collection.