Sacred animal mummy containing dog bones, Late Period–Roman Period, ca. 400 B.C.–100 A.D., From Egypt, Western Desert; Kharga Oasis, el-Deir, Roman Cemetery, Dyed and undyed linen, animal remains, mummification materials, H. 28 cm (11 in.); W. 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); D. 10 cm (3 15/16 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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Sacred animal mummy containing dog bones, Late Period–Roman Period, ca, 400 B.C.–100 .D, Egypt, Western Desert, Kharga Oasis, el-Deir, Roman Cemetery, Dyed, undyed linen, animal remains, mummification materials, H, 28 cm, 11, W, 6.5, 2 9/16, D, 10, 3 15/16, Animal cults, Egyptians considered, certain, individual, animals, living manifestations, god, earliest times, Apis bull, individuals, duly mummifed, died, buried, eternal life, replaced, another single, living, manifestation
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