Among the riddles they tried to solve was why two unidentified birds had triangular tail markings when no Egyptian bird known today has them. For many millenniums, great flocks of birds have ...

An ancient Egyptian bird mummy, long forgotten in storage and mislabeled as a hawk, is finally getting its due now that researchers have digitally peered inside its wrappings. The 1,500-year-old ...

An ancient Egyptian painting is so detailed, researchers can determine which species of birds were featured in it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

a bird associated with Thoth, the ancient Egyptian god of writing, magic and the moon. Archaeologist Carol Anne Barsody identified the mislabeled mummy while conducting graduate research on how ...

Image (from CT scan) by Salima Ikram and others, South African Mummy Project Team Peering inside the linen wrappings of an ancient Egyptian bird mummy, a CT scan has revealed a true rara avis—a ...