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Scientists have found that a third of Egyptian mummies empty inside – Economic News

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 Culture News, 15:35:36

At the moment, they said their findings suggest that more than 30% of all detected animal mummies – no more than the usual rags , which were wrapped in the form of a cat or a bird.

According to experts, the cause of such forgeries became a huge demand for mummies of birds, cats, and crocodiles, informs news.eizvestia.com .

Archaeologists in Egypt discovered 30 large catacombs, from floor to ceiling millions slaughtered animal mummies. Therefore, they are wrapped in a particle vital tissue of these animals. According to researchers at the ancient inhabitants of Egypt mummified about 70 million animals.

Scientists of the United Kingdom believe that a third of Egyptian mummies animals are blank inside. To keep up with demand, manufacturers of mummies at the time had to make fake reports krasnews.com.

Lydia McKnight, a spokesman for the research team believes that mummification is often used not the animals themselves, and their parts, and sometimes even anything related to their lives, the remains of nests, for example. – They had a special significance for the Egyptians, because they were in close proximity to animals, although they were not actually the bodies of animals.

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