Ancient Egyptians mummified baboons for religious purposes, but new research reveals they were likely raised in captivity under poor conditions. By studying baboon remains from sites like Gabbanat ...

Archaeologists Discover Two Lion Cub Mummies Inside a Special Tomb for Cat Burials in Egypt Two mummified lion cubs, about 2,600 years old, were discovered in a tomb full of cat statues and mummies at ...

The cemetery provides key clues about how the region transitioned into the great Ancient Egyptian civilization.

A spotted hyena has been reported in Egypt for the first time in thousands ... but it could have been following prey animals that were taking advantage of a wet spell in the region.

The second global conference on Animal Welfare was convened by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) last year in Cairo, Egypt, from October 20 to 22. The conference had a dual purpose: ...

But not all the animals made a good meal ... that caused the death of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The Nile was Ancient Egypt's superhighway and was always busy with boats carrying people and goods ...

In Ancient Egypt, when someone important died ... the legs of a lion and the tail of a crocodile. These were animals that were equally feared and respected by the Ancient Egyptians.