Two mummified lion cubs, about 2,600 years old, were discovered in a tomb full of cat statues and mummies at the necropolis of Saqqara near Cairo, according to Business Insider. This is the first ...

About 2,600 years ago, two lion cubs were mummified and buried in an ancient city of the dead. The cats' organs were removed, and the cubs' tiny, 3-foot-long bodies were dried out and wrapped in ...

"In films and books, terrible things happen to those who smell mummified bodies," said Cecilia Bembibre, director of research at University College London's Institute for Sustainable Heritage.