Egyptologist Salima Ikram explains how human and animal mummies reveal ancient Egyptians’ diets, beliefs, environment and ...

Zoolatry has roots in several cultures, but perhaps the most well-known is ancient Egypt. Ancient Egyptian animals and their meanings have continued to be prevalent today, even if zoolatry is less ...

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 ...

Researchers at a UK university have “digitally unwrapped” three mummified animals from ancient Egypt using high-resolution 3D scans. The team were also able to dissect the mummies to learn how the ...

The contents of six sealed ancient Egyptian animal coffins—which were imaged using a non-invasive technique—are described in a new study published in Scientific Reports. The mummification of animals ...