Archaeologists Discover Two Lion Cub Mummies Inside a Special Tomb for Cat Burials in Egypt Two mummified lion cubs, about ...

Animal mummies are a big part of that pay dirt. "They're really manifestations of daily life," says Egyptologist Salima Ikram. "Pets, food, death, religion. They cover everything the Egyptians ...

Scanning Ancient Animal Mummies A collection of ancient Egyptian animal mummies from the Brooklyn Museum is subjected to the powerful X-rays of a CT scanner in order to peer through the centuries-old ...

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A landfall in the ancient Egyptian city of Abydos has unearthed a cemetery of animal mummies that archaeologists hope could give clues to new religious cults in the Ptolemaic period, officials ...

The mummies, belonging to a pre-Hispanic people ... using a needle and ink technique with a cactus needle or sharpened animal bone, rather than a “cut and fill” method. Tattoos seem to have ...

For Ikram, one of the world’s preeminent scholars in the field of mummification with a specialization in archaeozoology, the study of animal mummies offers deep insights into ancient Egyptian ...

The mummies featured in the new study had been ... as well as an amorphous animal with a curled tail. The Chancay have long been known for high levels of craftsmanship across their material ...

University of Manchester team helps to uncover the story behind 70 million animal mummies A team from Manchester Museum and The University of Manchester features on tonight’s BBC Horizon programme ...