The mummy of a 2,500-year-old man and woman with a golden tongue scares grave robbers

The female mummy's grave shows clear signs of vandalism by grave robbers, and may have had some artefacts removed, but the golden tongue remains intact.

Two strange mummies located in two adjacent tombs have just been unearthed on the outskirts of Cairo (Egypt), with many strange things inside, according to the Daily Mail.

Inside the two tombs are the remains of a man and a woman, who died about 2,500 years ago, carefully mummified. While the man's mummy is extremely well preserved, the woman's tomb has been breached, leaving her body badly damaged.

Two golden tongues taken from the mummy - Photo: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

Inside the mouth of the two people has a golden tongue, in the man's grave there is also a golden scarab and many other special burial items such as ceramic vases, 402 small figurines with divine meaning, a string of green beads.

Apparently, the grave robber did not dare to take the woman's tongue even though she opened her coffin, nor did he continue to work with the grave immediately, where the man rests.

The mummies were placed in stone coffins in 2 adjacent tombs 

According to a team from the University of Barcelona, ​​the tombs date back to the Saite period, the 26th dynasty of Egypt. The golden tongue was placed on the position of the dead person's tongue so that they could talk to the god who ruled the underworld Osiris when they passed through the afterlife.

It is thought that the golden tongue allows the dead to have a chance to convince Osiris to have mercy on their souls, as this god will judge souls.

Before that, another mummy discovered at the ancient Egyptian site of Taposiris Magna was also discovered with a golden tongue.