This is an offering shrine to the god Ptah. It is probably from Memphis. Ptah was worshipped as the creator god in Memphis. He was usually portrayed as a mummy.…

It is a box, made to hold a mummified shrew. It is from Egypt but the exact location is unknown. The ancient Egyptians worshipped shrews and ichneumons as sacred animals,…

It is a box made to hold a mummified snake. It is from Naukratis. The ancient Egyptians saw snakes as evil and dangerous. They were also associated with eternity (because…

This is a shrine made to hold a mummified hawk. It is from Saqqara. Horus was depicted as a hawk or as a man with the head of a hawk.…

This is a part of a shrine made to hold a mummified hawk. It is from Tell el-Yahudiya. Horus was depicted as a hawk or as a man with the…

This is a small figurine of an ibis bird. This object is from Egypt but the exact location is unknown. The Egyptians regarded the ibis bird as the incarnation of…

This is a mummified hawk. This object is from Egypt but the exact location is unknown. As with cats and other sacred animals, hawks and falcons were mummified and given…

This is a mummified kitten. We do not know where in Egypt it is from, but it may be from Bubastis. Bastet was the cat-goddess and local deity of the…

This is a mummified cat. It is from the burial chambers around the temple at Istabl Antar near Beni Hassan. Bastet was the cat-goddess and local deity of the town…