Egyptian tomb with ten crocodile mummies discovered
A team of archaeologists from the University of Jaén, who have been digging for years in the Qubbet el-Hawa necropolis, opposite Aswan, made a surprising discovery in 2019 in an intact tomb: they found the mummified remains of ten crocodiles (five skeletons and five skulls). Egyptian tomb with ten crocodile mummies discovered Spanish archaeologists made an unusual discovery in southern Egypt: a still undisturbed tomb containing ten mummified crocodiles. Archaeologists from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences were able to study the mummies. ‘An extraordinary find’, says archeozoologist Bea De Cupere (RBINS). Ancient Egyptians sacrificed crocodiles during rituals to their god Sobek. In 2019, archaeologists from the University of Jaén uncovered a tomb containing crocodile mummies in Qubbat al-Hawā, a site near the city of Aswan in southern Egypt. The small rock cut tomb contained five skeletons and five skulls of large crocodiles. It lies next to six other tombs in which d...