Over 2,000 Mummified Sheep Heads Unearthed In Egypt Temple

A team of US archaeologists from New York University have unearthed over 2,000 mummified sheep heads in an Egyptian temple at Abydos.

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered more than 2,000 ancient mummified sheep heads left as offerings in a temple to the pharaoh Ramses II, the tourism and antiquities ministry said Sunday.

Mummies of dogs, goats, cows, gazelles and mongooses were also exhumed by a team of US archaeologists from New York University at Abydos, a site in southern Egypt famo...

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