Sacred animal mummy in the form of a falcon, ca. 400 –100

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Sacred animal mummy in the form of a falcon, Late Period–Roman Period, ca. 400 –100 , From Egypt, Linen, unidentified contents (no animal remains), mummification materials, H. cm (14 3/4 in.); W. 9 cm (3 9/16 in.); D. cm (2 5/8 in.), Animal cults The Egyptians considered certain individual animals to be living manifestations of a god, such as, since earliest times, the Apis bull . Those individuals were duly mummifed when they died and buried for eternal life, then replaced by another single living manifestation

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