Science News This Week: Gold Tongues Discovered in Tombs, Sugar Found in Space, a New Monkey Identified in the Congolian Rainforest, and Ancient Impact Crater 'Geoguessed' by an Amateur Astronomer
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Science news this week: Gold tongues discovered in tombs, sugar found in space, a new monkey identified in the Congolian rainforest, and ancient impact crater 'geoguessed' by an amateur astronomer
This week's science news reminds us how the past still speaks if we listen closely, with news of the discovery of 18 ancient Egyptian tombs filled with dozens of gold tongues topping the bill.The ancient Egyptians believed that gold was the flesh of the gods, meaning that bestowing gold tongues upon the deceased could help them speak in the afterlife. But it's not entirely certain whether all of the newly found gold objects were tongues (one may…
This was announced by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt this week and is already removing the foundations of Ptolemaic archaeology: in the site of Marina el-Alamein, an old port 100 kilometers west of Alexandria, a team of archaeologists has uncovered 18 sealed tombs containing, among other treasures, twenty-four gold tongue amulets. The finding, corresponding to the Ptolemaic and Roman periods (IV century BC to IV AD), shows that…
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