Hussein Bassir, Tuesday 15 Aug 2023. The sanctification of animals in ancient Egypt has often been misunderstood, with ancient Greek visitors to Egypt being largely responsible, writes Hussein Bassir ...

Animals live in different habitats, ... Omar Etman finds all kinds of shapes on a trip to visit family in Cairo, Egypt. (11m 15s) HOME. Video has Audio Description, Closed Captions AD CC.

The study examined the skeletons of 36 sacred baboons entombed at an animal necropolis at Gabbanat el-Qurud, near Luxor in southern Egypt. (Image credit: Bea De Cupere, CC-BY 4.0) ...

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 ...

Mummified birds brought back from Napoleon's invasion of Egypt led to a debate about transformism, a pre-Darwinian theory of evolution. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

Scientists in Egypt have been left shocked after finding a species that hadn't been seen in the country for 5,000 years. The creature, a spotted hyena, was found in southeastern Egypt, prompting ...

The mummification of animals was a widespread practice in ancient Egypt — and creatures including cats, crocodiles, dogs, hawks, ibis and snakes have been found as mummies.

The head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri, said that the workshops, where humans and sacred animals were mummified, date back to the 30th Pharaonic dynasty about 2,400 ...