The museum researchers also said that the 1,000. The 1,000-year-old earring is most likely from the Middle East, and therefore it represents the first discovery of such an object in Scandinavia. Such mummies were spotted with gold foil that was sculpted into a tongue's form and was placed right where the real tongue of the mummies should have been. According to an article in Spiegel, National Museum experts are puzzled as to how the gold earring got to where it was recently dug up. These interesting remains were spotted by some researchers who were fulfilling archaeological tasks in Egypt. The necropolis' extension is filled with tombs that can be traced back to different periods in the past, including the latter ancient Egyptian period (roughly 664 BC to 332 BC) and the Roman era (30 BC to 641 AD) and Ptolemaic time (332 BC to 30 BC).
Having been located in 1989, this specific site has been perceived to be flourishing and full of life during the Roman and Ptolemaic eras. Newsweek notes that these remains were spotted at Quewisna when excavations on the ancient Egyptian necropolis were conducted. Mummies With Gold Tongues Spotted at the Ancient Necropolis Site However, just recently, archaeologists discovered a couple of Egyptian mummies that had golden tongues or golden chips that were placed right where their tongues were, according to Science Alert. It is common knowledge across archaeology and history that mummification was a common practice in ancient Egypt.
