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archaeologist in Egypt have discovered two mummies outfitted with golden tongue at the ancient town of Oxyrhynchus , convey the entire number of lucky tongue found at the location to 16 , archeologist say .
During the Romanic period ( 29 B.C. to A.D. 641 ) , the Egyptians put lucky tongue inside the mouths of some mummies so that the mummy would be able-bodied to use their tongue in the afterlife and because theancient Egyptiansbelieved that gold was the " soma of the gods,“Esther Pons MelladoandMaite Mascort , co - directors of the archaeologic mission of Oxyrhynchus , told Live Science in an electronic mail . Mummies with Au tongueswere thought to have the power to speak withOsiris in the Scheol of the afterlife .
One of the gold tongues found at Oxyrhynchus. In total,16 have been found at the site.
In2021 , three gold tongueswere discovered by the same squad at Oxyrhynchus , adding to the total telephone number of golden tongues that have been found in the ancient town , which is located near advanced - solar day el - Bahnasa in prior years .
The mummies with the gold tongue were found within two Romanist period tombs that carry additional mummies , along with papyri that has Greek writing and mud seals that contain Egyptian iconography , Pons Mellado and Mascort say .
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This work of art found at Oxyrhynchus depicts a bird.
Additionally , in 2023 , the team establish three large underground burying place called hypogea that date to the Ptolemaic period of time ( 304 to 30 B.C. ) . When the team search the hypogea , they find a aggregate of nine stone sarcophagus with anthropomorphic ( a mixture of people and animal ) designs . Two were still closed , having not been soak over the millenary , Pons Mellado and Mascort said .
In sum , they found more than 30 mummies placed in colourful cartonnage ( beplaster layers of Egyptian paper reed or fiber ) and several terra - cotta figurines depicting Isis Aphrodite , a deity that combine Isis , an Egyptian goddess associated with healing and magic , and Aphrodite , a Greek goddess associated with beauty .
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" It is the first clock time that we have found in Oxyrhynchus terracotta with the paradigm of Isis - Aphrodite and the first time that [ these ] kind of piece come along in this area of the middle Egypt , " Pons Mellado told Live Science in an email .
Two mummies recently found at Oxyrhynchus. More than 30 were found here in 2023.
While we do n’t know detail of the gone , they must have been important people at Oxyrhynchus , considering they could afford to be mummified and , in a few instances , even be buried with golden tongues .
