Crocodiles have lived in the Nile River for thousands of years. In ancient Egyptian religion, crocodiles were worshipped and often sacrificed to the crocodile god Sobek as part of a bizarre cult.

The decapitated mummy head belonged to a woman living in Ancient Egypt 2,000 years ago, and was found in the loft of a doctor's house in Kent, researchers revealed Skip to main content News ...

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.

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For centuries, ancient Egyptian mummies have been the most reliable crowd-pleasers in museums across Britain.. London's British Museum alone holds over 100 mummies - bodies wrapped in linen and ...