Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
- More than 2,000 mummified ram heads have been discovered in Egypt.
- Archaeologists at the King Ramses II Temple of Abydos found the mummified remains.
- They also discovered mummified dogs, wild goats, cows, deer and an ostrich.
More than 2,000 mummified ram heads and a palatial Old Kingdom structure have been uncovered by archaeologists at the King Ramses II Temple of Abydos.
The finds, located roughly 270 miles south of Cairo, come from a period of over 1,000 years, from the Sixth Dynasty to the Heroic Age, making some of the discoveries over 4,300 years old.