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Ancient Egyptian mummies have been discovered with golden tongues inserted in their mouths.

A 2000 year-old mummy found with a gold tongue in its mouth in Alexandria.Mustafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council for Archeology, said the mummies in the Quewaisna necropolis were in a poor state of preservation.

Gold flakes were also found on the bones of some of the remains, per the Facebook post, suggesting their bodies were sprinkled with gold.Gold flakes found near the bodies are shown.It's not clear when the mummies were buried, as the cemetery was used during three distinct historical periods: the Ptolemaic period, and two phases in the Roman era. Ancient Egyptians believed the deceased could take items with them in the afterlife, so often buired them with objects meant to help.

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