SAQQARA, Egypt – Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities on Saturday revealed details on recently discovered animal mummies, saying they include two lion cubs as well as several crocodiles, birds and cats.

The first animals that were ancestors of whales are thought to have been deer-like mammals that could walk on land about 50 million years ago, and over time, they evolved into the ocean dwellers we're ...

In 2019, during the excavation of a previously undisturbed tomb at Qubbat al-Hawā (Aswan, Egypt), an interesting discovery was made – the mummified remains of 10 crocodiles in varying states of ...

If you've ever wondered what a cat that lived in Egypt more than 2,000 years ago looked like, scientists are now finally able to provide a particularly detailed image. Researchers from Swansea ...

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 ...

Decades before Darwin, there was a debate over transformism, the idea that species change over time. Two colleagues at the French natural history museum were on opposite sides of issue. They hoped to ...

STORY: Zoo officials said they provide cool showers for animals and freeze their fruits to protect them from the high temperature. Egypt’s Giza Zoo is one of the oldest in the region. The pursuit to ...

Aug. 20 (UPI) --X-ray images of three mummified animals -- a cat, a bird and a snake -- have offered researchers fresh insights into the relationship between ancient Egyptians and animals during the ...

Archaeologists found ancient mummification workshops and tombs in the Saqqara necropolis. The workshops were used to embalm humans and sacred animals to prepare them for the afterlife. The tombs of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Decades before Darwin, there was a debate over transformism, the idea that species change over time. Two colleagues at the French ...