In the Egyptian city of Marina El Alamein, archaeologists discovered 18 ancient tombs with dozens of golden “tongues” on the Mediterranean coast. This was reported by Live Science magazine on Sunday, July 12.
The burials that were found date back to the Ptolemaic period (322-30 BC). almost. “VM”) or Roman (30-395 AD – almost. “VM”) periods. In 11 out of 18 tombs excavated at great depths, as well as in seven smaller tombs, scientists discovered 24 golden “tongues” – amulets that were placed in the mouths of mummies so that they could communicate with the gods during the rule of Osiris.
In addition, experts found next to the tombs a sacrificial altar with a door-shaped base, which serves as a symbol of the border between the world of the living and the world of the dead. Reports: One of the golden tongues is made in the shape of the “Eye of Horus” – a falcon that protects from evil outlet.
During archaeological excavations in the Egyptian city of Oxyrhynchus, scientists found a mummy on whose stomach, during mummification, a papyrus containing an excerpt from Homer’s Iliad was placed. Other mummies found were wrapped in linen with geometric patterns, and some had golden tongues in their mouths.