Ramses II, whose name in Greek is Ozymandias, as used in the famous sonnet of the same name by English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, ruled Egypt from around 1279 BC till his death in 1213 BC, probably aged 90 or 91. The full immersive exhibition has 181 objects from the kingdom of Ramses II Image: Aurelien Morissard/AP/picture alliance Who was Ramses II? The mummy itself is not traveling with its sarcophagus this time, however, as Egyptian law no longer allows royal mummies to be transported abroad. The honor has been bestowed because of the assistance given by French scientists in saving Ramses' mummy from decay in the wake of a previous visit to Paris in 1976. However, France will be the only country to receive the sarcophagus. The coffin will be on public display in the Grande Halle de la Villette from April 7 to September 6 as part of a wider exhibition about the pharaoh that is also to visit the United States and Australia. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.The ornate sarcophagus of one of Ancient Egypt's most well-known and long-reigning pharaohs, Ramses II, was unveiled to reporters in Paris on Thursday. Mustafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council for Archeology, in a press release.Įxperts believe the real tongues of the dead were cut out during the embalming process and replaced with a piece of gold resembling the organ so that the deceased could speak to Osiris, the ancient Egyptian “Lord of the Underworld.” The bizarre finding was made when preserved corpses were unearthed at the Quweisna necropolis in the central Nile Delta, about 40 miles north of Cairo, dating between 300 BCE and 640 BCE.Įxperts investigating tombs at the site found several mummies with gold chips shaped like human tongues in their mouths, said Dr. Iconic Pennsylvania mummy ‘Stoneman Willie’ to be buried and publicly identified after 128 years on displayĮight mummies and pre-Inca objects - including opium pipes -uncovered by gas workers in PeruĪrchaeologists in Egypt have uncovered several ancient mummies with solid-gold tongues in their mouths.

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