Cat Mummy (Third Intermediate Period to Late Period, 780–390 BCE) and ibis mummy from the ibis cemetery at Abydos (Early Roman Period, 30 BCE–early 1st century CE) in ‘Soulful Creatures: Animal ...

Ancient Egyptian artworks reveal animal glues and plant products from sesame and moringa, offering new clues about ancient ...

In ancient Egypt, animals were not kept at a distance from daily life. People lived with them, named them, and included them in how they understood home and family. Cats and dogs appear everywhere, ...

Many of the animal mummies may be nothing more than empty bundles of cloth and twigs, say researchers at the Manchester Museum and the University of Manchester. Their deduction comes after an ...

DONALDSON TAKES A LOOK INSIDE. THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF ARTIFACT FOUND IN EXCAVATIONS IN ANCIENT EGYPT IS ACTUALLY MUMMIFIED ANIMALS. THERE WERE 7 MILLION DOGS THAT WERE MUMMIFIED, FOUND SO FAR, 4 ...

Excavators working at Tel Kom Aziza in Egypt’s Nile Delta have identified the deliberate burial of a wild boar, an animal whose remains are exceptionally rare in Egyptian archaeological contexts. The ...

Ibis Coffin contains a mummified ibis from the fourth century B.C. Photo Credit: Gavin Ashworth, Brooklyn Museum "Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt" is on display at the Bellagio ...