Fake Mummies From Ancient Egypt

It turns out that many ancient animal mummies are fakes. According to new research by a British university, there was so much demand for animal mummies in Ancient Egypt that a lot of the offerings didn't contain any animal remains,. Ancient Egyptians were intent on worshiping the gods, and drove up demand for offerings. That means up to 70 million animals may have been mummified from 800 BC onward. However, recent scans of some of the animal mummies has found that a third were just mud and sticks, eggshells, reeds and feathers, with no skeletons found.
The BBC says the scanning project at the University of Manchester looked at more than 800 animal mummies, including cats, birds and crocodiles using X-rays and CT scans.