ancient Egyptian site, Taposiris Magna believe the person's tongue was removed during embalming and replaced so they could speak to Osiris, the 'Lord of the Underworld'.
By giving the corpse a tongue, it was believed that it may have allowed them to convince the god to show mercy on their spirit.The well-preserved skeleton still had its skull and most of its structure is still intact but it was a shining gold object inside its mouth which instantly caught archaeologists' eyes.These burial shafts were cut out of rock around 2,000 years, experts say and contain a number of mummies wearing perfectly preserved stone funeral masks which indicate what they may have looked like.
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