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Animal Cemeteries Description
Some 275yd/250m west of the early Rock Tombs, large animal cemeteries have been excavated since 1965. They were associated with a large temple of the Late and Ptolemaic periods which was replaced in Christian times by a church. The intricate system of underground galleries and passages in which the animal mummies were buried was entered from the temple terrace.

The worship of animals was practiced in Egypt from early times, but developed on a considerable scale in the Late Period. The animals venerated as sacred were kept and reared for the specific purpose of being mummified and buried in specially constructed burial complexes. Burial-places of this kind have been found for ibises, falcons, baboons, dogs, jackals, crocodiles, rams
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