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Wild birds as offerings to the Egyptian gods
- September 27, 2020
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Millions of mummified ibis and birds of prey, sacrificed to the Egyptian gods Horus, Ra or Thoth, have been discovered in the necropolises of the Nile Valley. Such a quantity of mummified birds raises the question of their origin: were they bred, like cats, or were they hunted? According to a team of scientists that carried out extensive geochemical analyses on mummies, they were wild birds.
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"Wild birds as offerings to the Egyptian gods", MachPrinciple, September 27, 2020, https://machprinciple.com/post/Wild-birds-as-offerings-to-the-Egyptian-gods
