Mummies of the Pharaohs pets ...

Thousands of years ago the great pharaohs and kings embalmed after his death, making a mummy. However, the rulers of that time wanted to have their pets with them embalmed. And to this day archaeologists found the remains of mummies and zhvotnyh and birds were once pets of the pharaohs.

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1. Domestic ghazal queen prepared for eternity with the same care as the queen herself. (Richard Barnes / National Geographic)





2. Tombstone for the embalmed bull - a sacred animal in ancient Memphis - near the village of Mit Rakhine. Within 40 days the body of the bull will "sit" on a stone throne, the sun dried it. (Richard Barnes / National Geographic)



3. hunting dog whose bandages have disappeared a long time ago, there was most likely a pet pharaoh. (Richard Barnes / National Geographic)



4. Make a votive mummies, how this crocodile, buried with prayers. (Richard Barnes / National Geographic)



5. Sacred baboon was placed in the cancer death in the catacombs of Tuna el-Gebel. (Richard Barnes / National Geographic)



6. Archaeologist Salima Ikram clearing the remains of an ibis - a symbol of the god Thoth - in a clay pot, where it was buried 2,700 years ago. (Richard Barnes / National Geographic)



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