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Horizon. Animal mummies : Egypt's dark secret
Investigating the use of modern medical technology to scan Egyptian animal mummies from museums across the world: by creating 3D images of their content, experts are discovering the truth about the role animals played in ancient Egyptian belief. This episode of Horizon also meets the scientists working in Egypt who are exploring the ancient underground catacombs where mummies were originally buried to reveal why the ancient Egyptians mummified millions and millions of animals. Up to 70 million creatures were wrapped and buried in underground catacombs.
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In a While, (Mummified) Crocodile!
\"See you later, alligator! In a while, crocodile. How long is a while? Try over two thousand years! In a recent dig in Qubbat al-Hawa, a burial site in Aswan, Egypt, archaeologists found 10 intact mummified crocodiles. We knew ancient Egyptians mummified their dead to be preserved for the afterlife, but why would they mummify crocodiles?\" (World Book Online Behind the Headlines) Learn more about mummified crocodiles.
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Animal mummies : creatures of the gods
For 200 years scientists have attempted to uncover the mysteries concealed in mummies. Ancient Egyptians preserved millions of animals to be revered or to be entombed beneath the shifting sands as food or as pets for company in the next life. Animal mummies even had their own cemeteries. Today, scientists are probing for the secrets of their lost world.
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Animal Wrappers
\"Ancient Egyptian undertakers made animal mummies the same way as human mummies...If an ancient Egyptian had a beloved pet--and enough money--the animal often accompanied him or her into the afterlife...Along with pets and animal offerings, sacred animals often ended up as mummies.\" (DALLAS MORNING NEWS) Learn why and how many ancient Egyptian animals were mummified. The practice of mummification in this culture and recent archaeological evidence of animal mummies are discussed.
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