Lorelli H., Director of Egyptian Arts and Archeology at the University of Malefis. The golden tongue would not have been uncommon in elite tombs during the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, Korkoren said.
“In the entertaining context of Egypt, it refers to the spell 158 of the Book of the Dead, which ensures that the deceased has the ability to breathe and speak as well as eat and drink in later life.” . “It can be paid with the Greek elegant practice or as a payment for the ferryman, Charn, who moved the deceased to the underworld along the Styx River, to put a coin in the mouth of the deceased.”
The team of archaeologists who found 16 tombs at Taposiris Magna was led by Kathleen Martinez, a lawyer-turned-amateur-archaeologist from the Dominican Republic. The team has been working for years to find Cleopatra’s tomb, and focused their efforts on Tapasiris Magna.
But the burial place of the famous queen who ruled from Alexandria and is said to have died there has not yet arrived there.
“The stated goal of the Egyptian-Dominican mission is to find Cleopatra’s burial at Tapasiris Magna,” said Dr. Cor. Corkor. “Many scholars believe that Cleopatra’s burial place was in a royal burial complex, probably associated with the palace district, which is now lost underwater in the port of Alexandria.”
Representatives of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism did not immediately respond to a request for more information about the 16 burial tombs at Taposiris Magna. The Egyptian newspaper Al-Masri Al-Yam reported that the golden mother tongue was found in two places before it could be displayed in museums throughout Egypt and would be studied at the Alexandria National Museum.
The latest discovery came as Egypt was making a concerted effort to attract visitors to the country, which relies heavily on tourism. In recent years, archaeologists have unearthed more than 100 delicately painted wooden coffins at the ancient cemetery of Sakkara, a 4,400-year-old tomb with rare walls painted near Cairo, and a giant pharaonic statue in the working class neighborhood. Mataria.
