... of mummified animals have also been found. Animals sacred to several gods, especially in the Greco-roman period, were stacked in layers in extensive underground galleries. Some examples include the Apis bull at Saqqara, th cat of Bastet at Bubasts, and the Falcon mummy found in Abydos in Upper Egypt, thought to be from the Ptolemaic period in the second century ... ...

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