New research has revealed that a significant number of dogs were mummified as offerings to an ancient Egyptian god. A group of researchers led by Cardiff University archaeology professor Paul ...

Photo taken on May 14, 2022 shows a mummy coffin painted with god Anubis at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt.(Photo: Xinhua) Tourists view the statue of god Anubis discovered at the tomb of king ...

Anubis was embodied in the jackal, or wild dog, that the Egyptians often saw scavenging in cemeteries: hence he was associated with the dead. He was depicted as a black jackal-like creature, or as a ...

In ancient Egypt, so many people worshiped Anubis, the jackal-headed god of death, that the catacombs next to his sacred temple once held nearly 8 million mummified puppies and grown dogs, a new study ...

A 26-foot-tall statue of the Egyptian god Anubis is coming to downtown St. Paul Tuesday to publicize the King Tut exhibit that opens Feb. 11 at the Science Museum of Minnesota. The timing is meant to ...

MORE than a dozen Egyptian mummies embellished with gold tongues and fingernails have been uncovered by archaeologists. Surrounded by ancient amulets, the colourful 2,000-year-old tombs were found in ...

Photo taken on May 14, 2022 shows the replica of the statue of god Anubis at the souvenir store of Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt. As a funerary deity, Anubis is associated with mummification, ...

Scientists have identified a new species of small, toothy mammal that once ruled the food chain in Africa almost 40 million years ago. Researchers named the new species Masrasector nananubis, after ...