Egypt has unveiled an unprecedented discovery of dozens of mummified sacred animals, including cats, crocodiles and two lion cubs, found during the excavation of a tomb of a royal priest
Khaled El-Enany, Egypt's minister of antiquities, said Saturday the find dated back to the seventh century BC and could fill"a museum by itself."
Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, said that the most distinguished finds were five mummified big cats. A CT-scan carried out on two of these mummies revealed they were lion cubs, according tofrom the Ministry of Antiquities. He said further study would be carried out for more details.
French Egyptologist Alain Zivie had previously uncovered mummified male lion near the same site, El-Enany said,
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