18 ancient Egyptian tombs found with gold tongues for the afterlife

Archaeologists have discovered 18 ancient Egyptian tombs along the Mediterranean coast, and they came with golden tongues, literally. They uncovered 18 tombs along a stretch of coastline near Marina el-Alamein, about 60 miles west of Alexandria, untouched for roughly two thousand years. Inside, they found sealed stone slabs, a granite coffin nearly the length of a small car, and dozens of gold tongues, which are said to be meant for the afterlife. The tombs date to the Ptolemaic (322 to 30 BC) or Roman (30 BC to AD 395) period, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a translated statement. Egypt was ruled by the descendants of one of Alexander the Great’s generals during the Ptolemaic period. After Cleopatra VII died, Egypt became part of the Roman Empire.A rare discovery of 18 tombsThe archaeologists unearthed 18 ancient tombs in an Egyptian town along the Mediterranean Sea.