In keeping with the information reported by Euronews Turkish, the mummies have been present in different three-room tombs on the backside of a burial effectively.
In keeping with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, this cemetery dates again to a interval (304-30 BC) when a dynasty descended from certainly one of Alexander the Nice's generals dominated Egypt.
Archaeologists beforehand unearthed 16 golden-tongued mummies at Oxyrhynchus.
Historical Egyptians positioned golden tongues on mummies to assist the deceased converse within the afterlife. As a result of he believed that gold was the 'flesh of the gods'.
“The variety of golden tongues is excessive right here, which is attention-grabbing,” mentioned Salima Ikram, professor of Egyptology on the American College in Cairo. The our bodies in all probability belong to high-ranking elites related to the temples and animal cults that turned widespread within the area. “Treats and golden tongues might have been modern for the embalming home within the space,” he mentioned.
The excavation additionally revealed murals depicting an individual named 'Wen-Nefer' mendacity within the tomb and accompanied by a number of Egyptian gods.
In one other portray on the ceiling of the tomb space, the sky goddess Nut is depicted surrounded by stars. There may be additionally a portray of a ship on which a number of gods are depicted.