The Museum of Idaho is thrilled to announce its next world-class traveling exhibition, Mummies of the World: The Exhibition, ...

Pharaoh’s Animal Kingdom, a new exhibition for children at the Israel Museum, explores the relationship between animals and ...

For religious reasons, some animals were also mummified ... Ancient writers, modern scientists, and the mummies themselves all help us better understand the Egyptian mummification process and the ...

Animal mummies are a big part of that pay dirt. "They're really manifestations of daily life," says Egyptologist Salima Ikram. "Pets, food, death, religion. They cover everything the Egyptians ...

The Museum of Idaho is showcasing a world-class traveling exhibition, Mummies of the World, opening May 31, 2025. The exhibit ...

A collection of ancient Egyptian animal mummies from the Brooklyn Museum is subjected to the powerful X-rays of a CT scanner in order to peer through the centuries-old packaging. Cristina Luiggi This ...

Image (from CT scan) by Salima Ikram and others, South African Mummy Project Team Peering inside the linen wrappings of an ancient Egyptian bird ... the many millions of animals that were bred ...

The Egyptians also believed you could protect yourself from danger by wearing clothing made from the skin of the animal. Mummies have long been a source of fascination for museum visitors of all ages.

Centuries after the first golden coffins were taken to Europe, ancient Egyptian mummies still vividly capture people’s imaginations. Perhaps we’re awed by the grandeur of their rituals and tradition.