Ancient Egyptians traded with people in what is today coastal Eritrea to bring baboons to their temples, according to a new study of baboon mummy DNA. Though Punt was mentioned in ancient Egyptian ...

'The baboons were revered as representations of Thoth, the god of the moon and wisdom, and adviser to the sun god Ra.' By Laura Baisas Published Dec 6, 2023 2:00 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...

A computer reconstruction of an adult female baboon skull from high-resolution X-ray computed tomography (CT) slices. The skull is rendered transparent to show the position of the three semicircular ...

An ancient Egyptian mystery involving baboons that were mummified thousands of years ago may have been solved, according to a new study. The research has outlined evidence that two legendary trading ...

The ancient Egyptians, as it turns out, were up to a bit of monkey business. They raised baboons in captivity, subjected them to poor living conditions and then mummified them, according to a study ...

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Map of Africa and skull of specimen EA6738, a mummified baboon recovered from ancient Thebes (modern-day Luxor) and now accessioned in the British Museum. Isotopic analysis of EA6738 indicates import ...

To date, tens of millions of animal mummies have been unearthed in Egypt. But while there are millions of mummified cats, dogs, ibises and birds of prey, primate mummies are rare — and little ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Some of her colleagues wondered about her when Leslea Hlusko sat in the audience at a faculty retreat flossing the teeth in a baboon skull with grass stalks. "They thought I ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Some of her colleagues wondered about her when Leslea Hlusko sat in the audience at a faculty retreat flossing the teeth in a baboon skull with grass stalks. ``They thought I ...