At an old cemetery in Qewaisna, Egypt, archaeologists discovered many tombs with corpses that had gold tongues. North of Cairo, the necropolis is around 40 kilometres away.
The tongues seem to have been replaced with gold foil pieces that were fashioned to mimic human tongues at some point during the embalming procedure.
This custom is thought to have been used to facilitate communication between the deceased and Osiris, the Egyptian god of the afterlife and judge of the dead.
Other corpses with gold tongues were recently found in western Alexandria at Taposiris Magna, which means “the vast tomb of Osiris,” suggesting that this may have been a fairly widespread procedure.
There were also gold pieces that resembled scarabs and lotus flowers.
As might be expected, researchers also discovered the remains of copper nails, funerary amulets, wooden coffins, glue, and tar, among other burial-related materials.
According to Dr. Ayman Ashmawi, head of the Egyptian archaeological division of the Supreme Council of Archaeology, Qewaisna was originally uncovered in 1989, and since then, archaeologists have discovered evidence that the necropolis was utilized over the course of three different time periods. They are aware of this because various burial practices have been noted at various levels of the site.
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