The expensive-tongued man was buried at a 2,000 year old site associated with rulers who thought jewellery enabled the dead to talk in the afterlife,This ancient Egyptian man was buried with a golden tongue. Picture: Egypt Ministry of Tourism and AntiquesExperts believe the gold tongue was given to the ancient Egyptian man after death in an attempt to help him speak to Osiris, the Egyptian lord of the underworld and judge of the dead.
The man with the golden tongue was one of these burials but the other 15 proved to be very interesting too.Detailed stone masks were found on the bodies. Picture: Egypt Ministry of Tourism and AntiquesUniversity of Santo Domingo researchers have been working at this particular ancient Egyptian site for almost 10 years.