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Pictures: Bird Mummies "Fed" After Death, Stuffed With Snails
Some of the millions of ancient Egyptian ibis mummies were "fed" after death, scans reveal—the better to live the afterlife.
Even dead, ancient Egyptian birds were fed
Ancient Egyptians placed food in the mouths or stomachs of animal mummies, suggesting that animals were treated equally to humans in death and perhaps also in life.
Egyptians gave ibis birds a packed lunch for the afterlife
Ancient Egyptian embalmers mummified the organs of sacrificed ibis birds, even filling them with food so they wouldn't go hungry in the afterlife
Even In Death, Egyptian Birds Were Fed
The discovery gives clues to how ancient Egyptians viewed the importance of animals and their role in the afterlife.
Things to do in Tampa Bay for Feb. 1
By Michelle Stark, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Egyptian Erotica: The museum hosts a 21-and-up evening of ancient amatory art and a lecture on some of the Egyptians' kinkier aspects. View the Egypt exhibit and enjoy Egyptian-inspired couture fashion, jewelry, perfume, spices and henna tattooing. A chocolate fountain with strawberries and champagne follows the lecture, all ...
Egyptian birds were 'fed' prior to mummification: study
Analysis of a mummified, 2,500-year-old bird in the collection of a Canadian museum has led to a significant discovery about how ancient Egyptians viewed animals and their role in the afterlife.
Ancient Skull Holds Clues to Dog Domestication
A 33,000-year-old skull of a "wolf on the way to becoming a dog" was found in a Siberian cave. Evolutionary Biologist Susan Crockford, co-author of a study about the skull in PLoS ONE , discusses why the discovery challenges common beliefs about dog domestication.
EAP Offers Arabic Culinary Class in Rioting Cairo | The Daily Nexus
In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the UC Education Abroad Program will host five UC faculty-led summer study programs throughout the world, with UCSB faculty teaching a course on Arabic culinary traditions in Cairo, Egypt, from June 29 to July 28.
48 hours In: Catania
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Snatched in Sinai
Two US women visiting an ancient monastery in Egypt’s Sinai desert were abducted at gunpoint by Bedouin tribesmen yesterday but were released unharmed several hours later. The women, 60 and 65 years old, were traveling along a busy highway from St. Catherine’s Monastery, at the foot of Mount...
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