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Afterlife mission as a messenger to the gods
Bird mummies "fed" after death, stuffed with snails
Bird Mummies "Fed" After Death, Stuffed With Snails
Ottawa - Arabstoday
Bird Mummies "Fed" After Death, Stuffed With Snails
Wrapped in linen, this so-called sacred ibis—a hatchling housed at Montreal's McGill University—provided some of the first evidence that ancient Egyptians sent animal mummies
on their final journeys fully fed, a new study says.
CT scans of the 2,500-year-old bird, one of four specimens used in the study, show that its body was packed with grains after death to sustain it in its afterlife mission as a messenger to the gods, according to findings published January 13 in the Journal of Archaeological Science.
"The ancient Egyptians intended to send this ibis to eternity with a full belly," the study team writes.
CT scans of the 2,500-year-old bird, one of four specimens used in the study, show that its body was packed with grains after death to sustain it in its afterlife mission as a messenger to the gods, according to findings published January 13 in the Journal of Archaeological Science.
"The ancient Egyptians intended to send this ibis to eternity with a full belly," the study team writes.
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