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“Animal Mummies” - From baboons to bulls, crocodiles to cows, a vast menagerie of animal mummies lies buried in Egyptian catacombs. Hi-tech imaging reveals what’s inside the bundles and the strange role that animals played in ancient Egyptian beliefs.
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Animal Mummies
