Egyptian mummies of animals in the British Museum.
Animal mummification was common in ancient Egypt. Animals were an important part of Egyptian culture, not only in their role as food and pets, but also for religious reasons. Many different types of animals were mummified, typically for four main purposes: to allow people's beloved pets to go on to the afterlife, to provide food in the afterlife, to act as offerings to a particular god, and because some were seen as physical manifestations of specific deities that the Egyptians worshipped. Bastet, the cat goddess, is an example of one such deity.[1] In 1888, an Egyptian farmer digging in the sand near Istabl Antar discovered a mass grave of felines, ancient cats that were mummified and buried in pits at great numbers.
Besides Egypt, pre-Columbian bird mummies have been found in the Atacama Desert of Chile, including some next to the oasis town of Pica. These mummies were part of unknown rituals and a long-range trade from the humid tropics across the Altiplano and the Andes to reach Atacama Desert in modern Chile.[2] If bird distribution was as in present, the closest place to Pica from where all bird species could have been captured is Beni Department in northern Bolivia.[2] The mummified birds found in Atacama Desert had their organs removed as well as their tail feathers. Some bird mummies were found wrapped in textiles.[2]
^Jackowski, Christian. "Common and Unexpected Findings in Mummies from Ancient Egypt and South America revealed by CT." CMIV Seminar. Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization, Linköping, Sweden. 17 September 2007.
^ abcGarcía, Richard (2021-03-31). "Guacamayos y loros momificados revelan antiguo comercio entre la selva y los pobladores de Atacama". El Mercurio. p. A8.
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