The practice of mummification by the ancient Egyptians is well known. However, it is less widely known that the ancient Egyptians also mummified animals, including birds, for religious and ceremonial reasons. Few radiographic descriptions of avian mummies are published in the scientific literature. ...
The ancient Egyptians mummified both human beings and animals as they believed it would allow the dead to pass safely into the afterlife. Over four million mummies with the shape of a stork-like bird (Ibis) have been unearthed by scientists in Egypt’s Western Desert. 古埃及人会把人和动物做...
It wasn’t just the pharaohs who were mummified — the ancient Egyptians also mummified animals, particularly cats. Tombs have been found that were full of mummified cats. The cat was considered sacred in their culture, and historians believe that the cat was first domesticated by the Egyptians....
which locals raided for mummies to use as fertilizer and tourists ransacked for souvenirs. Looters carted off not only mummified people but also mummified animals—hawks, ibises, baboons. Saqqara didn’t attract much archaeological attention until the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, who ...
9.Animals were mummified too. Egyptians didn’t just mummify humans – they also mummified animals! Cats, dogs, birds, and even crocodiles were sometimes made into mummies. These animal mummies were often placed in tombs to accompany their owners or offered as gifts to the gods. ...
Cat Mummies in Ancient Egypt Cats were protected and worshiped, personified as deities, and believe it or not, also mummified! There are many examples of cats found throughout Egypt either buried with or very close to their owners. According to Herodotus (a Greek writer and the first historia...
Canopic jars were used to place the organs of a body that was being mummified. An organ was placed in each as a sign of respect to Horus, the God of the Sky. The Ancient Egyptians believed that it would ensure that the dead would safely reach the afterlife. ...
This cat was developed from the Jungle Cat, which were domesticated by the ancient Egyptians and are commonly found mummified in tombs. The Chausie is the product of a crossbreeding of the Jungle Cat and a Domestic Cat, potentially as recently as the 1990s. This breed typically weighs 8–16...
Dozens of sarcophagi(石棺)have also been found, containing the bodies of mummified animals sacrificed to Amun-Gereb, the super god of the Egyptians. Evidence shows that Heracleion slipped into the water sometime in the 6th or 7th century AD. The discovery of Heracleion will now add depth and...
of desert in their quest for royal tombs, and for splendid gold and painted masks to decorate the estates and museums of Europe and America.T he many thousands of mummified animalsthat turned up at religious sites throughout Egypt were just things to be cleared away to getat the good stuff...