Porcier et al.A new study has found that this 2,000-year-old crocodile mummy was embalmed right after its death. So revered were certain animals in ancient Egyptian culture that these creatures ...

Ancient Egyptians regularly mummified crocodiles in elaborate ceremonies in dedication to their crocodile god Sobek. A study of one of these crocodiles reveals details about the animal’s death ...

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 ...