Millions of Dog Mummies Once Filled Egyptian Catacomb

Friday, June 19, 2015 - 15:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

So many people worshiped Anubis, the jackal-headed god of death, that the catacombs next to his temple once held nearly 8 million mummified dogs.

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