Ancient Egyptians mummified thousands of crocodiles at Kom Ombo. Modern DNA has finally revealed where the sacred reptiles came from
Image: Inside Egypt How Kom Ombo Temple became the centre of one of ancient Egypt's largest crocodile cults dedicated to the god Sobek Modern DNA
Image: Inside Egypt How Kom Ombo Temple became the centre of one of ancient Egypt's largest crocodile cults dedicated to the god Sobek Modern DNA sequencing identified the sacred crocodiles as a different species than many researchers expected What the findings suggest about the ancient Egyptians' crocodile species Why some sacred crocodiles were hunted in the wild rather than raised in captivity What these crocodile mummies reveal about both Egypt's religious beliefs and its environmental history
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