Egypt
MSNBC (Jennifer Viegas)
See the above page for the full story. Also on the Discovery Channel website, with thanks to Tony Marson.
- 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...
- Photographs Of Discovery Of Puppy Mummies
National Geographic Photographs on the above page. As part of the first full excavation of Egypt's ancient Dog Catacombs, scientists examine 2,500-year-old animal remains—a small sample of the roughly eight million animal mummies in these tunnels....
- Museum’s Egyptian Mummies: Visit To Hup For Ct Scanning
University of Pennsylvania Almanac PUM II and Hapi-Men, two of the ancient Egyptian mummies on display at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, have had their share of medical scrutiny: PUM II was both x-rayed and autopsied...
- Hapi Dog
A mummified puppy has recently undergone ct scanning revealing the unusual mummy. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/01/puppy-mummy-egypt.html...
- Penns Mummies
The University of Pennsylvania has ct scanned some of its museums mummies including one with a mummified puppy at its feet. http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v55/n31/mummies.html...
Egypt
Mummified puppy found in Egyptian tomb
MSNBC (Jennifer Viegas)
A small bundle found at the feet of an ancient Egyptian mummy whose tomb was inscribed with the phrase "Hapi-Men" contained the remains of a young dog, according to University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology staff who have named the canine "Hapi-Puppy."
The approximately 2,300-year-old puppy, revealed during a recent CT scan, is thought to be one of the world's rarest mummified animals. Early Egyptians often preserved cats, birds and even crocodiles, but not often dogs.
Jennifer Wegner, a senior research scientist in the museum's Egyptian section, explained to Discovery News that unlike some of the other more commonly mummified animals, the ancient Egyptians "had no dog gods, per se, although certain gods, like Anubis, could take the form of a jackal."
See the above page for the full story. Also on the Discovery Channel website, with thanks to Tony Marson.
- 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...
- Photographs Of Discovery Of Puppy Mummies
National Geographic Photographs on the above page. As part of the first full excavation of Egypt's ancient Dog Catacombs, scientists examine 2,500-year-old animal remains—a small sample of the roughly eight million animal mummies in these tunnels....
- Museum’s Egyptian Mummies: Visit To Hup For Ct Scanning
University of Pennsylvania Almanac PUM II and Hapi-Men, two of the ancient Egyptian mummies on display at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, have had their share of medical scrutiny: PUM II was both x-rayed and autopsied...
- Hapi Dog
A mummified puppy has recently undergone ct scanning revealing the unusual mummy. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/01/puppy-mummy-egypt.html...
- Penns Mummies
The University of Pennsylvania has ct scanned some of its museums mummies including one with a mummified puppy at its feet. http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v55/n31/mummies.html...