Baboon Mummy, from Tuna el-Gebel, Mallawi Museum (1)

Located in catacombs (ibiotaphon), at one time there were thousands of mummified baboons, and literally millions of ibises and ibis eggs. Several underground cult chapels cased with limestone blocks formed the entrance rooms into the ibis galleries. The rooms were up to 15 meters long and contained cult niches with facades decorated with the shape of superimposed chapels carrying uraeus friezes. These animals were sacred to Thoth. Most of these mummies were destroyed by robbers, and date mainly to the Greek and Roman periods of Egypt. A temple of the Macedonian period was incorporated into the catacombs. A selection of pottery, bronze statuettes and mummies is displayed in the museum in nearby Mallawi. Ibis and baboon are the two chief sacred animals of Thoth, the god of el-Ashmunein.
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Taken in: Egypt / Minya / Al Ma‘şarah (show map)

Taken on: October 30, 2022

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