For the first time, archaeologists have discovered a preserved lion skeleton in an ancient Egyptian tomb ... Ramses the Great had a pet lion named Slayer of his Foes. An Egyptologist who did ...

El-Enany noted during a press conference that the skeleton of a lion had previously ... known to ancient Egyptians as getting mummified at one stage," she said. "Some were pets and in the same ...

The big cats were also held as pets in royal complexes ... really no practical reasons for the lack of lion mummies,” Lord says. “The ancient Egyptians were perfectly able to mummify a ...

The collection — 25 small wooden mummy caskets adorned with hieroglyphics, along with 75 more boxes filled with wooden and bronze statues of Egyptian ... the lion’s high regard in ancient ...

Egyptian Ministry of AntiquitiesA large mummified cat, most likely a young lion. This was one of the ... find is more than a mere unearthing of ancient relics — it provides insight into the ...

Archaeologists say the Egyptian goddess of protection, pleasure, and good health, was first depicted with a lion ... some ancient Egyptians likely welcomed the cats home as adorable pet companions ...

Scientists now reveal that our feline friends became pets through ancient Egyptian religious practices ... Initially depicted with a lion’s head, Bastet’s image transformed around the first ...

The skeleton of a cat believed to have been cared for by humans indicates that the ancient Egyptians kept felines as pets in 3,700BC ... form of cats - Mafdet - a lion-headed goddess of justice ...

Abydos, located in the Egyptian governorate of Sohag about 270 miles (435 kilometers) south of Cairo, is one of Egypt’s major though lesser-visited archaeological sites.

A French archaeologist says his discovery of the first preserved lion skeleton in an ancient Egyptian tomb demonstrates ... s importance is as a family pet rather than as a representative of ...