Animal Mummies

Animals were made into mummies, too. Though a rare few were family pets, most were animals that were sacred to the Egyptian gods and shared their attributes. The best known animal mummies were of sacred bulls. Other sacred animals were the crocodile, sacred to Sobek; the ram, sacred to Khnum; the cat, sacred to Bastet; and the baboon and ibis sacred to Thoth.

Ibis Figure	Hawk Mummy	Apis Bull Figure

 

Source:

Adams, Barbara. Egyptian Mummies. Aylesbury: Shire Publications, Ltd., 1984.

 

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