In ancient Egypt, animals were not kept at a distance from daily life. People lived with them, named them, and included them in how they understood home and family. Cats and dogs appear everywhere, ...

Animal mummification in ancient Egypt was a carefully organized practice that connected spiritual beliefs with economic activity. This wasn’t a rare or occasional ritual but a large, sustained ...

When curator of Egyptian archaeology Nir Or Lev began his role at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, he wasn’t just focused on the glorious past -- he was thinking about the future. His vision: was to get ...

DONALDSON TAKES A LOOK INSIDE. THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF ARTIFACT FOUND IN EXCAVATIONS IN ANCIENT EGYPT IS ACTUALLY MUMMIFIED ANIMALS. THERE WERE 7 MILLION DOGS THAT WERE MUMMIFIED, FOUND SO FAR, 4 ...

Ibis Coffin contains a mummified ibis from the fourth century B.C. Photo Credit: Gavin Ashworth, Brooklyn Museum "Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt" is on display at the Bellagio ...

A research project at the Manchester Museum and the University of Manchester has shown that almost one-third of the animal mummies entombed in Egypt do not actually contain body parts or skeletal ...

Three-dimensional x-ray scans have revealed the last hours of a Nile crocodile that was mummified in ancient Egypt. The surprise discovery provides important evidence for how the Egyptians viewed and ...

In ancient Egypt, animals got as much TLC for the afterlife as people did. Chemical analysis of animal mummies from the Liverpool Museum in England indicate that the Egyptians used great care in ...

In an era where voice messages and ephemeral videos compete for attention, writing has remained, for millennia, the fundamental support of cultural memory. It stores knowledge, tells stories, and ...