At least 2,000 mummified ram heads dating from the Ptolemaic period and a palatial Old Kingdom structure have been uncovered at the temple of Ramses II in the ancient city of Abydos in southern Egypt, antiquities officials said on Saturday.
Mummified ewes, dogs, wild goats, cows, gazelles, and mongooses were found in the temple along with the ram heads, which are thought to be votive offerings indicating continuing reverence for Ramses II at the site about 1,000 years after his death, a statement from the tourism and antiquities ministry said.
Abydos, located in the Egyptian governorate of Sohag about 270 miles south of Cairo, is one of Egypt's major though lesser visited archaeological sites. Excavations were carried out by a mission from New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World.
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