Mummified animals, including ibises, cats and baboons, are relatively common finds in Egyptian tombs. Other mummified crocodile remains have been dug up, but most have been juveniles or hatchlings ...

SAQQARA, Egypt — Ancient workshops and tombs ... which would have been used to mummify the most sacred animals. One of the tombs belonged to “Ne Hesut Ba,” who was the head of scribes ...

The workshops were used to embalm humans and sacred animals to prepare ... Archaeologists in Egypt have found ancient mummification workshops and tombs in the ancient Saqqara necropolis south ...

SAQQARA, Egypt, May 27 (Reuters) - Egypt unearthed human and animal mummification workshops as well as two tombs in the ancient burial ground of Saqqara, officials said on Saturday, marking the ...

CAIRO -- Egypt on Thursday said it uncovered several 4,300-year-old tombs in Saqqara as it continues ... and the discovery of hundreds of mummified animals and statues a year later.

which include depictions of several birds and a four-legged animal. The offering table found inside the ancient prince’s tomb. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

Archaeologists have announced the discovery of the first royal tomb in Egypt since Tutankhamun's ... games and strange ...

Egypt has announced the discovery of two of the largest workshops ever used to mummify human and animal corpses in ancient times. Two workshops and two tombs were discovered in Saqqara ...

are seen at the site of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, 24 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, May 27, 2023.Amr Nabil)/AP Photo ...