Scientists Cut Open a 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Mummified Crocodile and Were Blown Away by What They Found Inside Mummification done in the past has given researchers insights into ancient humans.

Crocodiles were sacrificed to act as intermediaries between humans and the ancient Egyptian deity Sobek, a god associated with fertility and often depicted as a crocodile.

In 2024, a team of scientists used modern technology to make the find of a lifetime when they peered inside the stomach of a ~3,000-year-old mummified Nile crocodile. What did they find inside?

Archaeologists have uncovered nine crocodile heads concealed within ancient Egyptian tombs of nobles, a discovery that one archaeologist told Newsweek was "the first of its kind." The discovery ...

While Egyptians were rightly wary of the ferocious predators, they saw a healthy crocodile population as an auspicious sign that the annual flooding of the Nile would be successful, producing ...

A crocodile that swam the Nile River thousands of years ago was found mummified in Egypt with a last meal still in its belly. Leon Pauleikhoff via Unplash At an oasis south of Cairo, Egypt ...

The smallest crocodile is 1.8 metres long and the largest is 3.5 metres. They belong to two different species: the Nile crocodile and the West African crocodile.

Three-dimensional x-ray scans have revealed the last hours of a Nile crocodile that was mummified in ancient Egypt. The surprise discovery provides important evidence for how the Egyptians viewed ...