Much like cats, crocodiles, and lions, the hippopotamus was a revered animal in ancient Egyptian culture, as it represents ...

Ancient Egyptians mummified baboons for religious purposes, but new research reveals they were likely raised in captivity ...

The cemetery provides key clues about how the region transitioned into the great Ancient Egyptian civilization.

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 packaging. Cristina Luiggi This ...

These cats are not just animals; they are warriors of the night. Egyptian’s belief of relation with cats in afterlife Having lived with cats as pets, the ancient Egyptians took this relationship ...

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 ...

Mummified mice are among the artefacts discovered in a decorated tomb recently unearthed near the Egyptian town of Sohag. The mice and other animals surrounded two mummified human bodies and the ...