Egypt
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6989
New Scientist article about a new collection of animal mummies being studied by the Natural History Museum in London, UK. X-ray analysis of the skeletons of some of the animals, particularly cats, suggests that they were deliberately killed in order to be used in religious activities. Other cats, however, were considered to be pets due to the elaborate nature of the mummification they received. The mummified animals are drawn from many collections and include crocodiles, falcons, baboons and cats. The collection will also go on display at the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum in Hertfordshire, UK, from 14 February in an exhibition called Animal Mummies of Ancient Egypt.
- Animals Mummified By The Millions In Ancient Egypt
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) Millions of animals were ritually slaughtered in ancient Egypt to foster a huge mummification industry that even drove some species extinct. As an exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution's National...
- Unwrapping The Ancient Egyptian Animal Mummy Industry
BBC News (Jane O'Brien) With video. The ancient Egyptian animal mummification industry was so large it put some species in danger of extinction. But as a new exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington...
- Unveiling Animal Mummies
The Scientist (Cristina Luiggi) With video. Stuffed into the sand-buffeted ancient ruins scattered about the Nile Delta are tens of millions of mummified animals. Birds, cats, dogs, crocodiles, snakes—nearly all manner of creature that lived during...
- Features
Animal Mummies National Geographic A.R. Williams http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/11/animal-mummies/williams-text Extract: In 1888 an Egyptian farmer digging in the sand near the village of Istabl Antar uncovered a mass grave. The bodies weren't...
- Hawass Dig Days - Bastet The Cat
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass) Tel Basta is an archaeological site in the city of Zagazig, in Sharqiya governorate. It was very important in ancient times because it was sacred to a goddess called Bastet, who took the form of a cat. Beginning in the Old...
Egypt
Menagerie of mummies unwraps ancient Egypt
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6989
New Scientist article about a new collection of animal mummies being studied by the Natural History Museum in London, UK. X-ray analysis of the skeletons of some of the animals, particularly cats, suggests that they were deliberately killed in order to be used in religious activities. Other cats, however, were considered to be pets due to the elaborate nature of the mummification they received. The mummified animals are drawn from many collections and include crocodiles, falcons, baboons and cats. The collection will also go on display at the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum in Hertfordshire, UK, from 14 February in an exhibition called Animal Mummies of Ancient Egypt.
- Animals Mummified By The Millions In Ancient Egypt
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) Millions of animals were ritually slaughtered in ancient Egypt to foster a huge mummification industry that even drove some species extinct. As an exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution's National...
- Unwrapping The Ancient Egyptian Animal Mummy Industry
BBC News (Jane O'Brien) With video. The ancient Egyptian animal mummification industry was so large it put some species in danger of extinction. But as a new exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington...
- Unveiling Animal Mummies
The Scientist (Cristina Luiggi) With video. Stuffed into the sand-buffeted ancient ruins scattered about the Nile Delta are tens of millions of mummified animals. Birds, cats, dogs, crocodiles, snakes—nearly all manner of creature that lived during...
- Features
Animal Mummies National Geographic A.R. Williams http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/11/animal-mummies/williams-text Extract: In 1888 an Egyptian farmer digging in the sand near the village of Istabl Antar uncovered a mass grave. The bodies weren't...
- Hawass Dig Days - Bastet The Cat
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass) Tel Basta is an archaeological site in the city of Zagazig, in Sharqiya governorate. It was very important in ancient times because it was sacred to a goddess called Bastet, who took the form of a cat. Beginning in the Old...