Sobek, crocodile-headed god of the Nile; Sekhmet, leonine goddess of war; Anubis, jackal god of the underworld; and Hathor, mother goddess with a cow’s horns: The ancient Egyptian pantheon of gods was ...

Archaeologists have discovered a huge cache of Ancient Egyptian artefacts—including mummified lion cubs, cobras and crocodiles—at the famous Saqqara necropolis, according to the country's Ministry of ...

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 ...

We walk you through the incestuous, murderous, and surprisingly relatable world of Egyptian deities at The Met.

Scientists at the British Museum in London have used cutting-edge technology to see inside six ancient Egyptian animal coffins that have remained sealed for over two millennia. The study, which was ...

Egyptian animal mummies can look like little more than bundles of cloth. Now high-tech X-rays have unveiled the mysterious life histories of three of these mummies — a cat, a bird and a snake. While 2 ...

Ancient Egyptian animal mummies used as offerings to the gods will go on display at a Manchester Museum exhibition which will unwrap the mysteries of this ancient art. Millions of animal mummies - ...

The mummified body of a Nile predator lay silent for roughly 3,000 years, but a modern CT scanner has now replayed its final, ...