Sunday, March 30, 2014

Animal mummies displayed at California museum

In this March 20, 2014 photo, Brooklyn Museum, Egyptian, Classical and Ancient Middle Eastern Art, curator, Edward Bleiberg speaks during a tour of the exhibit "Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt," at the Orange County's Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, Calif. The exhibition is on the ancient the mummification of animals in the Egyptian culture and religion. Drawn from the renowned collections of the Brooklyn Museum, Soulful Creatures features choice examples from among the many millions of mummies of birds, cats, dogs, snakes, and other animals preserved from at least thirty-one different cemeteries throughout Egypt. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — We love our dogs and cats, but the ancient Egyptians REALLY loved their dogs and cats — not to mention their snakes, crocodiles and birds.








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