Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a rare mummy menagerie, including the wrapped remains of cats, crocodiles, scarabs, cobras and two lion cubs. The discovery was made in the tomb of a 7th ...

Archaeologists Reveal Rare Mummified Lion Cubs Unearthed in Egypt ... an ibis and a falcon. Crocodiles, cobras and scarab beetles are among the other mummified creatures found at the site.

- Egypt on Saturday unveiled a cache of 75 wooden and bronze statues and five lion cub mummies decorated with hieroglyphics at the Saqqara necropolis near the Giza pyramids in Cairo.Mummified ...

Egypt on Saturday unveiled a cache of 75 wooden and bronze statues and five lion cub mummies decorated with hieroglyphics at the Saqqara necropolis near the Giza pyramids in Cairo.

New sphinx: Egyptian archeologists have uncovered a new sphinx in Kom Ombo, an ancient temple near the country's southern city of Aswan.The sphinx is believed to be older than 2,000 years.

Inscriptions suggest lions were bred in special animal precincts and buried in sacred cemeteries. But so far none has been found. Professor Lloyd said he had heard rumours in the early 1970s of a ...