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In ancient Egypt, so many people worshiped Anubis, the jackal-headed god of death, that the catacombs next to his sacred temple once held nearly 8 million mummified puppies and grown dogs, a new study ...

New research has revealed that a significant number of dogs were mummified as offerings to an ancient Egyptian god. A group of researchers led by Cardiff University archaeology professor Paul ...

The god of the dead is coming. A 32-foot-tall statue of the Egyptian deity Anubis will soon stand sentinel at the corner of Pershing Road and Main Street. Looking like something out of a DeMille epic, ...

A 26-foot-tall statue of the Egyptian god Anubis is coming to downtown St. Paul Tuesday to publicize the King Tut exhibit that opens Feb. 11 at the Science Museum of Minnesota. The timing is meant to ...

Scientists have identified a new species of small, toothy mammal that once ruled the food chain in Africa almost 40 million years ago. Researchers named the new species Masrasector nananubis, after ...