After discovering a trove of mummified crocodiles in Egypt, researchers noticed something unexpected—these reptiles had an ...

Animal mummies are a big part of that pay dirt. "They're really manifestations of daily life," says Egyptologist Salima Ikram. "Pets, food, death, religion. They cover everything the Egyptians ...

The Rennes Museum of Fine Arts unveiled an interesting discovery about an ancient Egyptian cat mummy and its contents as part of an innovative virtual reality project from an interdisciplinary ...

A woman who had sex with her pet pug has branded herself "proud full-time mummy" after posting pictures of another dog on ...

But in preparation for an upcoming exhibition of Egyptian animal mummies, Brooklyn Museum curator Edward Bleiberg and conservationist Lisa Bruno joined forces ...

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but they practically perfected the practice by wrapping and preserving millions of people and animals throughout the centuries. The earliest Egyptian mummies discovered by archaeologists date to ...

Experts use a micro-CT scanner to see inside a cat mummy and 3D print the skull.