![]() Now, if talking in the afterlife is actually a thing, I think we should probably be careful who gets the golden tongues. I’ve heard of a “silver-tongued devil.” Maybe this mummy is a golden-tongued angel? So, why would the living leave a golden tongue with the dead? Archeologists speculate that it was to enable the deceased to speak in the afterlife. It was gold foil shaped like a tongue and placed in the mouth. Archaeologists recently discovered a 2,000-year-old mummy with a gold tongue at an ancient Egyptian site called Taposiris Magna.Īnd yes – it looks as creepy as you might imagine.īut I should be clear – it wasn’t an actual tongue. ![]() Well, apparently some ancient Egyptians wanted the taste of gold in their mouths for all eternity. You can have gold on your steak, on your desert, and even in your beer. ![]() Over the years, I’ve done a number of Fun on Friday posts about eating gold.
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