In ancient Egypt, birds used as votive offerings were ... they established it was a European kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). Since the bird had not been gutted prior to mummification, they could ...

Digital scans of a mummified bird, kitten, and cobra from ancient Egypt just showed that the animals were brutally killed as ...

CAIRO, EGYPT—Ancient Egyptians bred birds of prey ... A 3-D image of a mummified kestrel known as SACHM 2575 showed that it had the remains of a mouse and a small sparrow in its stomach, and ...

Six Egyptian geese chicks survived a 20ft (6m) leap to the ground after they hatched inside a nest box designed for kestrels at a nature reserve. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, which runs ...

Researchers identified the snake to be an Egyptian cobra ... researchers concluded the bird was a Eurasian kestrel. These were the most commonly mummified raptors. Because of the large number ...

A mummified kestrel’s CT scan shows it choked on its last meal, probably because it had been force-fed. This bird of prey from Egypt, in the collection of Iziko Museums of South Africa in Cape ...

The bird likely belonged to the Eurasian kestrel family, based on virtual bone measurements. As for the snake, it was identified as a mummified young Egyptian Cobra. There was evidence of ...

The female Egyptian goose was spotted by Jane Bowen in January Six Egyptian geese chicks survived a 20ft (6m) leap to the ground after they hatched inside a nest box designed for kestrels at a ...