Egyptian mummies are known worldwide. The technology of their creation is still not solved. Everyone has heard about the great tombs of the pharaohs with their mummies inside. However, apart from the people in the ancient Egyptians mummified animals bolshёm amount. Special honor from the masters of the Nile Valley used to pets. Cat in Egypt occupied a special place among all living beings.
And the experts in the history of ancient Egypt from the United Kingdom said that the majority of animal mummies from Egypt are fakes. This message appeared in the BBC article, the Western agencies.
By the conclusion of its unusual British archaeologists came after a series of studies of the catacombs in Egypt. The ancient ruins of the store a few million pieces of mummified animals that inhabited the valley of the Nile before.
Explore a bunch of exhibits dealing not fast, experts thought at the time of discovery. However, after inspection it found that about 30 percent of the “artifacts” are not content to fold fabrics mummified remains. More one-third of the finds are a common svёrtkami with poorly preserved parts exist. As a result, only a third of all the finds were full-fledged representatives of the ancient mummies of Egypt fauna.
Trying to figure out the reasons for the creation of such a large number of forgeries, the researchers came to the conclusion that it was provoked by the huge demand for animal mummies. It is known that the cult of mummification in Egypt bore a special significance. Mummies have been necessary for the burial rites. And if the cops dying took with them to the afterlife many slaves, and often their families, the poor people could afford a mummy animals.
Tags: Egypt, animal mummies
Alexander G. Hooks 
Igor Vishnevsky 
Yevgeny Nazarov 
Victoria Lepsky 
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