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Ancient Egyptian mummy found with gold tongue 'still shining' after 2,000 years
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.
