Mummified lion cubs and Animal Mummies discovered in Egypt

Dozens of animal mummies, including lion cubs, discovered in Egypt

up to five mummified lion cubs as well as several crocodiles, birds, a mongoose and cats have been discovered in Egypt.

Items from the new find were displayed at a makeshift exhibition at the famed Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, south of Cairo, near where mummies and other artefacts have been found in a vast necropolis.


Archaeologists frequently find mummified cats but the recovery of a lion is rare. In 2004, the first lion skeleton was found in Saqqara, revealing the sacred status of the animal in ancient times.

We are finding here hundreds of objects,' said Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Anany.

'All of them are very interesting from the Egyptological point of view to know better this area.'

The Saqqara plateau has been home to at least 11 pyramids, including the Step Pyramid and hundreds of tombs of ancient officials, ranging from the 1st Dynasty (2920 B.C.-2770 B.C.) to the Coptic period (395-642).

Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, revealed to reporters local archaeologists had uncovered a cache that includes hundreds of mummified animals, birds and crocodiles.

He said two of the mummified animals have been confirmed as lion cubs and three more are believed to be cubs but testing is being carried out.
Wooden and bronze cat statues, which represents the ancient goddess Bastet and a rare large stone scarab, which Waziri hailed as 'the largest all over the world' were uncovered.

Two mummies of ichneumon, or the Egyptian mongoose, wrapped in linen bandages and wooden and tin-glazed statuettes of the goddess Sekhmet, represented as a woman with the head of a lioness, have also gone on show.


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