During a turbulent period in ancient Egypt, common people turned to animal mummies to petition the gods, inspiring the rise of a massive religious industry A shrew mummy (top), found at an animal ...

Tens of centuries ago, animals were increasingly seen as sacred representation of gods in ancient Egypt. Pilgrims would often pay for the mummification of an animal, in return for divine favor or ...

Get.factual (Video) The Secret of the Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt. Posted: December 12, 2024 | Last updated: March 6, 2025. Egyptians believed in many different Gods, all of whom were ...

His vision: was to get children interested in ancient Egypt. Two years later, his idea has taken shape in the form of Pharaoh ’s Animal Kingdom, a colorful, interactive, and lively exhibition ...

Ancient Egypt thought of wild animals as “great forces of nature,” many of which had a relationship with the gods, says Salima Ikram, professor of Egyptology at American University in Cairo. “They ...

Pharaoh’s Animal Kingdom, a new exhibition for children at the Israel Museum, explores the relationship between animals and Egyptian culture through hieroglyphs, gods, and amulets ...

West Berkshire Museum unveils Ancient Egypt animal collection. 16 November 2023. Share Save. Curtis Lancaster. BBC News. Share Save. West Berkshire Museum. Egyptians worshipped many different gods ...

An animal coffin with a human-headed part-eel, part-cobra figure wearing a double crown. The figure is associated with Atum, an ancient Egyptian god of pre-existence and post-existence.

In the ancient Egyptian belief system, the god Osiris had been appointed king of all Egypt by his father, the god Atum, but Osiris’s envious brother, Set, slew him.

Animal artefacts have been unveiled as part of an exhibition representing life and death in Ancient Egypt. The West Berkshire Museum has a small collection of mummified animal bundles that are now ...