Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt

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The invention of mummification enabled the ancient Egyptians to preserve the bodies, not only of humans but additionally of animals, in order that they might live eternally. Mummified animals are of four different types: food offerings, pets, sacred animals, and votive offerings. For the first time, a series of studies at the various kinds of animal mummies, the methods of mummification, and the animal cemeteries situated at sites all through Egypt are drawn together in a definitive volume on ancient Egyptian animal mummies. Studies of these animals provide information not only in regards to the fauna of the country, and not directly, its climate, but additionally about animal domestication, veterinary practices, human nutrition, mummification technology, and the religious practices of the ancient Egyptians.

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