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Ancient Mummies With Golden Tongues Revealed in Stunning Discovery


Sheets of gold have been discovered gilding the tongues of more than a dozen mummified Egyptians near modern Al-Bahansa, reflecting a practice once believed to grant the dead an ability to speak in the afterlife.

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