Archaeologists Discover Two Lion Cub Mummies Inside a Special Tomb for Cat Burials in Egypt Two mummified lion cubs, about ...
The excavation of two Egyptian tombs dating to the Roman period, between 29 B.C.E. and 641 C.E., just unveiled a wealth of ...
Archaelogists uncover what appear to be cat mummies–a common practice around the Ptolemaic period. But an x-ray scan reveals a surprise: the mummies are just bandages. So what happened?
The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is home to cat mummies as part of ... of the cat-headed goddess Bastet are among the extraordinary objects that reveal felines’ critical role in ...
Archaeologists discovered more than a dozen mummies older than 2,000 years with tongues made from golden amulets. Ancient Egyptians’ idea behind the golden tongues was that they would help the ...
Great statues, such forms, we revere, we adore, The ancient Egyptian ... was the god of the underworld and the afterlife. He has a pharaoh’s beard and his legs are wrapped in mummy bandages.