Between roughly 650 and 250 B.C., ancient Egyptians sacrificed staggering numbers of mummified ibises to Thoth, god of magic and wisdom, who was depicted with a human body and the distinctive long ...

It was an ibis. The CT scan also revealed some soft tissue was still intact, which was at least 1,000 years old, potentially even 2,000 to 3,000 years old, according to Gleach.

The Egyptians commonly sacrificed and mummified these birds between 665 B.C. and 250 A.D. in honor of the god Toth—who was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis.

The team were able to sequence the complete mitochondrial genomes of 14 mummified birds. If the ibis mummies had been domesticated, those genomes would probably have a lot in common with each ...

Millions of mummified ibis and birds of prey, sacrificed to the Egyptian gods Horus, Ra or Thoth, have been discovered in the necropolises of the Nile Valley. Such a quantity of mummified birds ...

When Sally Wasef descended into the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara in search of mummified ibis birds to extract DNA from, she was not disappointed. She describes a dark, underground street ...

Archaeologist Carol Anne Barsody scans the mummified ibis to create a 3-D model of it for an upcoming exhibition. Ryan Young / Cornell University For nearly a century, an enigmatic, football-sized ...

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It was an ibis. The CT scan also revealed some soft tissue was still intact, which was at least 1,000 years old, potentially even 2,000 to 3,000 years old, according to Gleach.

Researchers at Cornell University are unraveling the story behind a mysterious mummified bird without removing a single layer of linen. CNN values your feedback 1.

It was an ibis. The CT scan also revealed some soft tissue was still intact, which was at least 1,000 years old, potentially even 2,000 to 3,000 years old, according to Gleach.