What is this species?
How old is it?
What is its clinical signs?
What was it used for?
What is this species?
- Ibis Mummy
How old is it?
- Mature (all growth plates closed)
- 3000 BC – 300 AD
- Comercialization of votive mummies
- ~1000 BC – 500 BC
What was its clinical signs?
- Raised for the purpose of sacrifice to the God of Toth
- Broken neck
What was it used for?
- Snail predation to protect people from liver flukes.
Animal Mummies
- Three types
- Truly sacred animals or beloved pets
- Pieces of animal used for food in the afterlife
- Votive offerings (religious offerings)
- The most common mummy (commercialized practice).
- Animal souls acted as messengers between people on earth and Egyptian gods
- The Ibis – honoring the god Toth
- The Cat – honoring the god Bastet