When a team of scientists scanned hundreds of Egyptian animal mummies, the researchers were in for a surprise: Roughly a third of all the mummies contained no body inside. In the largest project of ...

Thousands of pets have been stranded or abandoned in the wake of riots While the anti-government uprising in Egypt has forced many foreign citizens to flee, thousands of animals in the conflicted ...

Researchers at a UK university have “digitally unwrapped” three mummified animals from ancient Egypt using high-resolution 3D scans. The team were also able to dissect the mummies to learn how the ...

Archaeologists have discovered a huge cache of Ancient Egyptian artefacts—including mummified lion cubs, cobras and crocodiles—at the famous Saqqara necropolis, according to the country's Ministry of ...

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Many of the animal mummies may be nothing more than empty bundles of cloth and twigs, say researchers at the Manchester Museum and the University of Manchester. Their deduction comes after an ...

At The Met, “Divine Egypt” brings a 3,000-year pantheon of gods to life through sculpture, relief, and sacred art.

CAIRO — In most zoos, employees feed and care for the animals. At Egypt’s Giza Zoo, police say, workers have been turning them into dinner or selling them as pets. When two Moroccan camels were ...