Sacred animal mummy in the form of a falcon, Late Period–Roman Period, ca. 400 B.C.–100 A.D., From Egypt, Linen, unidentified contents (no animal remains), mummification materials, H. 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in.); W. 9 cm (3 9/16 in.); D. 6.7 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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Sacred animal mummy, form, falcon, Late Period–Roman Period, ca, 400 B.C.–100 .D, Egypt, Linen, unidentified contents, no remains, mummification materials, H, 37.5 cm, 14 3/4, W, 9, 3 9/16, D, 6.7, 2 5/8, 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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