And this snake is hardly the only creature that got an animal-shaped coffin. Coffins in the shapes of ibises, baboons, cats, and other myriad animals have been found in Egypt.

The frescoes have 46 images of vultures, representing, in turn, the Upper-Egyptian vulture goddess Nekhbet and the Lower-Egyptian serpent goddess Wadjet, who is also depicted as a vulture with ...

A farmer on the Gaza Strip uncovered a 4,500-year-old Canaanite goddess statue wearing a serpent crown. According to the BBC, the farmer was digging on his land in Khan Younis when he unearthed ...

For instance, the ancient Egyptian document called the Brooklyn Papyrus, dating back to around 660-330 B.C. but likely a copy of a much older document, lists different kinds of snake known at the ...

A study of a scroll made more than 2,300 years ago has revealed how there were likely far more venomous snakes in ancient Egypt than are living in the country today. The document, known as the ...