The ancients are known for their love of cats and ibises, but they took their love of greyhounds to the grave.

The Queensland Museum’s Discovering Ancient Egypt exhibition includes a mummified dog skull. Prompted by this, as well as hieroglyphics and imagery of Anubis on mummy cases, Hartley has been ...

Mummification is synonymous with Egyptian civilization today. In addition to humans, there were millions of animal mummies, from crocodiles and lions to dogs and birds. Yet, as cats were the ...

Ancient Egypt is well known to have been the cradle of human civilisation where feline domestication and worship were prevalent. Several mummified cat remains and deities like the Egyptian goddess ...

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In 1888 an Egyptian farmer digging in the sand ... Abydos named Hapi-men was laid to rest with his small dog curled at his feet. Other mummies were provisions for the dead. The best cuts of ...

Do You Think Your Cat Is Related to the Royal Cats of Ancient Egypt? Research Says Maybe You're Right (Exclusive) Newly Unearthed Mummy Coffin Depicts a Figure That Looks Like Marge Simpson Dog ...