Egypt's Newest Mummies: Lions, Cats and Crocodiles
埃及展出新发现动物木乃伊 含稀有幼狮木乃伊
Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities revealed details on recently discovered animal mummies, saying they include two lion cubs as well as several crocodiles, birds and cats.
埃及文物部近来公开了有关最近发现的动物木乃伊的细节，这中心还包含两端幼狮以及多具鳄鱼鸟和猫的木乃伊。
英语原文
Items from the new find were displayed at a makeshift exhibition at the famed Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, south of Cairo, near where mummies and other artifacts have been found in a vast necropolis.
Local archeologists found a cache that includes hundreds of mummified animals, birds and crocodiles.
Among the mummified animals were two lion cubs and radar scans were needed on three others to determine the mummies were also lions.
Archeologists frequently find mummified cats but the recovery of a lion is rare.
In 2004, the first lion skeleton was found in Saqqara, revealing the sacred status of the animal in ancient times.
汉语对照
新发现的文物是在坐落开罗以南塞加拉闻名的朱塞尔阶梯式金字塔的一个暂时展览上展出的。此处间隔发现木乃伊和其他文物的巨大墓地不远，当地考古学家发现藏有数百具哺乳动物、鸟类和鳄鱼木乃伊的暗窖。这些被制成木乃伊的动物中包含两端幼狮，此外还需要对别的三具木乃伊进行雷达扫描以确认它们是否也是狮子。考古学家常常发现被制成木乃伊的猫，但狮子木乃伊却非常稀有。2004年，人们曾在塞加拉发现榜首具狮子骨架，然后提醒了这种动物在古代的崇高位置。
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