Animals have played roles that go far beyond their presence in the natural world since the times of ancient civilisations to ...

Mummification of animals was prevalent in ancient Egypt, as many tombs have been found containing remains of animals along ...

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While keeping the long-dead crocodilian intact, McKnight and her team also “virtually” recreated the bronze hook lodged in ...

New research has overturned everything we thought we knew about cat domestication. Forget the theory that cats simply ...

The discovery was made near the remains of a mummified adult lion, which was found underneath the Saqqara necropolis in 2004.

Cat coffins and representations of the cat-headed goddess Bastet are among the extraordinary objects that reveal felines’ critical role in ancient Egyptian religious, social, and political life.

The largest Egyptian pyramid ever built was Pharaoh ... A sphinx is a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. This is the Great Sphinx of Giza. It is chiselled from ...

MUMMIFICATION of sacred animals is a familiar practice in the annals of Ancient Egypt, especially in the later periods. A discovery of what is thought to be the earliest known example of the ...