Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The head of a mummified domestic cat, revealed by X-ray micro CT scanning is seen in this undated image WASHINGTON (Reuters) - ...

Ibis Coffin contains a mummified ibis from the fourth century B.C. Photo Credit: Gavin Ashworth, Brooklyn Museum "Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt" is on display at the Bellagio ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. — We love our dogs and cats, but the ancient Egyptians really loved their dogs and cats — not to mention their snakes, crocodiles and birds. Animals held such a prominent place in ...

In ancient Egypt, animals got as much TLC for the afterlife as people did. Chemical analysis of animal mummies from the Liverpool Museum in England indicate that the Egyptians used great care in ...

For some 2,000 years, a collection of mummified animals have been preserved, with details about their life and death hidden under layers of muslin. Now, researchers have found a way to digitally peel ...

The new Bowers Museum exhibition “Soulful Creatures” explores the ancient Egyptian practice of mummifying animals as food offerings for the deceased or as a communication to the gods.

It’s a scandal thousands of years in the making: Recently, scientists at the Manchester Museum and University of Manchester discovered that a third of the museum’s collection of Ancient Egyptian ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists are gaining new insight into the ancient Egyptian practice of mummifying animals, using high-resolution 3D scans to peer inside mummies of a cat, a bird and a snake ...