A new study found that one crocodile's mummification began "very rapidly after the death," which was caused by blunt force trauma to its head.

Take crocodiles. They instinctively laid their eggs above the impending ... At Abydos, the burial ground of Egypt's first rulers, excavations have uncovered ibis mummies likely representing ...

These mummified cubs - the first ones ever found in the archaeological record - were part of an unprecedented finding in the necropolis of Saqqara, Egypt ... birds, crocodiles, cats, and cobras ...

A recent study suggests that ancient Egyptians worshipped and even sacrificed crocodiles as part of their religious practices, shedding light on a long-standing mystery. One prominent example is ...