egypt-museum:Two Lion Cub Mummies Discovered in Egypt for the First TimeTwo mummified lions, dating
egypt-museum:Two Lion Cub Mummies Discovered in Egypt for the First TimeTwo mummified lions, dating back about 2,600 years, have been discovered in a tomb full of cat statues and cat mummies in Saqqara, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced today (Nov. 23) at a press conference. “This is the first time [that a] complete mummy of a lion or lion cub” has been found in Egypt, said Mostafa Waziri, the general secretary of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, who led the team that made the discovery. Analysis is ongoing, but it appears the lions are fairly small — about 3 feet (just under 1 meter) in length, — Waziri said, suggesting that they were not fully grown when they died. Three other mummies that belong to large cats (the exact species is unclear) were found near the two lions. These three other mummies could belong to leopards, cheetahs or other forms of big cat. About 20 mummies of smaller cats were also found near the lion cubs. Read more. -- source link