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NOVA: Animal Mummies

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Wednesday, October 28, at 8pm on MPB TV

Inspect hi-tech images that reveal the strange role animal mummies played in ancient Egyptian beliefs. 

From baboons to bulls, crocodiles to cows, a vast menagerie of animal mummies lies buried in Egyptian catacombs. Hi-tech imaging reveals what’s inside the bundles and the strange role that animals played in ancient Egyptian beliefs.