Ancient Egyptians paid special attention to the organs of their dead, embalming them so they would continue to function in the afterlife. Now it seems they did the same for sacrificed ibis birds, and even packed their stomachs with food so they wouldn't go hungry. Ibis mummies are found in their millions at shrines In Egypt where they were sacrificed to Thoth, the god of writing and wisdom. Andrew Wade at the University of Western Ontario in London. Canada, and his colleagues used a CT scanner to took inside two mummified adult Ibises and one hatchllng.
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