SAQQARA, Egypt – Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities on Saturday revealed details on recently discovered animal mummies, saying they include two lion cubs as well as several crocodiles, birds and cats.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A menagerie of mummified animals went on display south of Cairo on Saturday (November 23) including what authorities say is the ...

The announcement was made after a year-long excavation. CAIRO -- Egypt unveiled what it described as a "one of a kind" cache that contained hundreds of statues and mummified animals. This discovery ...

Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt," on display through Sept. 13, includes 36 mummified animals among its 100 artifacts.

Egypt has unveiled an unprecedented discovery of dozens of mummified sacred animals, including cats, crocodiles and two lion cubs, found during the excavation of a tomb of a royal priest. Khaled ...

Researchers have used neutron tomography, a non-invasive imaging technique, to study six sealed animal coffins from ancient Egypt. The study was published in Scientific Reports. As previously reported ...

Cat Mummy (Third Intermediate Period to Late Period, 780–390 BCE) and ibis mummy from the ibis cemetery at Abydos (Early Roman Period, 30 BCE–early 1st century CE) in ‘Soulful Creatures: Animal ...

STORY: Zoo officials said they provide cool showers for animals and freeze their fruits to protect them from the high temperature. Egypt’s Giza Zoo is one of the oldest in the region. The pursuit to ...

SAQQARA, EGYPT >> Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities today revealed details on recently discovered animal mummies, saying they include two lion cubs as well as several crocodiles, birds and cats. Items ...