What is the secret of the ibis in the Pharaonic civilization?
More than 4 million sacred bird mummies were found in mountain tuna catacombs, and 1.75 million were discovered in the ancient Saqqara cemetery.
Scientists found a large number of mummified ibis, which caused their confusion, and while searching for a reason for this large number, some of them concluded that these birds were raised for industrial reasons and for the religious rituals followed at the time, an idea that receives some support in the ancient texts.
The experts conducted DNA analyzes of 14 birds found in ancient Egypt and 26 modern samples from Africa.
The team says that if the ancient Egyptians raised sacred birds, the genetic diversity in ancient birds may be less due to high standards of crossbreeding, adding that this indicates that birds were raised in similar to the current collective farms or birds were hunted and kept On farms ready to sacrifice the rituals of the gods.
It's impressive, Pontus Skoglund, a DNA expert at the Francis Crick Institute. "It is really cool to have this 2500-year-old DNA," he said.
