The study examined the skeletons of 36 sacred baboons entombed at an animal necropolis at Gabbanat el-Qurud, near Luxor in southern Egypt. (Image credit: Bea De Cupere, CC-BY 4.0) ...

The Ancient Egyptians mummified all manner of animals, for a variety of reasons. Sally Wasef, from Griffith University in Australia, previously told Newsweek .

The sanctification of animals in ancient Egypt has often been misunderstood, with ancient Greek visitors to Egypt being largely responsible, writes Hussein Bassir A spirit of religiosity dominated ...

It’s possible that ancient Egyptians revered baboons after observing the way they communicate, leading them to infer the animals' ability to commune with these gods. “The baboon vocalizations were ...

Sacred ibises were not the only animals that the Egyptians mummified ... you can name most of the animals and birds known to ancient Egyptians as getting mummified at one stage," Wasef said.

Egyptian Animals Were Mummified Same Way as Humans. Animals were viewed not only as pets, but as incarnations of gods—and were buried by the millions to honor ancient Egypt's deities.

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 ...

Egypt has unveiled an unprecedented discovery of dozens of mummified sacred animals, including cats, crocodiles and two lion cubs, found during the excavation of a tomb of a royal priest. Khaled ...

The head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri, said that the workshops, where humans and sacred animals were mummified, date back to the 30th Pharaonic dynasty about 2,400 ...