The Tomb of the Animal Mummies
Tumble Science Podcast for Kids
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Ancient Egyptian Mummies - What Did It Mean?
Egyptologists have studied pictures and writing on tomb and temple walls that described the religious beliefs of ancient Egypt. What did it mean for an ancient Egyptian to give a mummy as an offering, a mummified animal? Why would they do that? Well, that's the next step in archaeological detective work. You use the tools of science, but then you have to study the culture that created them to figure out why this happened.
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