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๐Ÿ‘๏ธโ€๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ **Why did ancient Egyptians put gold tongues inside the mouths of the dead?**

At Marina el-Alamein, archaeologists found about two dozen rare tongue-shaped gold pieces. Ancient Egyptian beliefs connected gold with the divine, and these objects may have symbolically given the deceased a voice before Osiris.

Even death needed a voice. ๐Ÿ‘€โœจ

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00:00They placed gold inside the dead because the dead still needed a voice.
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