Mummy with golden tongues

Archaeologists working in a burial ground in Egypt came across ancient mummies with golden tongues. According to experts, these were amulets that were given to the dead so that they could speak to God.

A team led by Kathleen Martinez of the University of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic worked at the Taposiris Magna Temple in western Alexandria when they discovered sixteen funerary shafts from the Greco-Roman period. There were mummies in not very well preserved condition. But there was something interesting about them. Namely, gold amulets. "We believe they were to serve the dead so they could talk to the god Usir," Martinez said.

Osir was the god of fertility, of the harvest, and at the same time the god of the dead. The discovery of the Greco-Roman period was also confirmed by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiques. Archaeologists have mentioned two mummies that have other peculiarities.

One has the aforementioned god depicted on gilded cardboard, which partially covered it. The other had cardboard boxes on her head. There was a crown, a cobra, and horns on it. She had a necklace-like decoration on her chest that hung a falcon's head.

Archaeologists have found other beautiful artifacts. "It was a funeral mask for a woman, eight gold plates from a wreath and eight marble masks," said Khaled Abo El Hamd, head of the Alexandria Monument Office.

Over the past decade, archaeologists have discovered several coins inside the Temple of Taposiris Magna bearing the name and image of Queen Cleopatra VII. They also discovered parts of statues and temple land, which proved that they had them built by King Ptolemy IV.

Queen Cleopatra VII. is one of the most famous Egyptians. She became famous for her love affair with Julius Caesar, Mark Antony and the suicide of snake venom. She was also said to be very intelligent because she spoke at least ten languages. She was also educated in mathematics, philosophy, rhetoric and astronomy. There was also talk of her great beauty. To this day, the question is what she actually looked like, because on some coins, for example, she has a large nose bent down.

In the middle of last year, archaeologists came up with a sensational news that they had just discovered the tomb of Cleopatra in Taposiris Magna, which they have been searching for for a long time. “Taposiris Magna, built more than 2,000 years ago, is full of hidden corridors and tombs. To their surprise, experts have discovered an intact tomb decorated with gold, which may be the answer to the 2,000-year-old secret about Cleopatra's final resting place, "the Science Channel wrote. Since then, however, news of the tomb has died down.

Sources: www.ccn.com, https://globalnews.ca/