Photos from Theodore M. Dav: 

 MUMMi:^I^D MONKEYS AND DOG ^OUND BY THE;0D0RE M. DAVIS IN THE: TOMB 01^ 



AME:nHOTe:p II 



This king was very fond of monkeys, and when he died his pets were placed near him. 

 The Egyptians seem to have mummified almost everything that had life ; animals, birds, fishes, 

 and insects were embalmed, and even the meat ceremonially offered to the dead was sub- 

 jected to a similar process. Vast cemeteries of sacred animals and birds have been found, 

 such as the great cat cemetery at Bubastis. In preserving the larger animals it was not the 

 custom to embalm the entire body; thus, in the case of a cow, for example, it would be 

 represented in the mummy by the head and a selection of the bones. 



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