Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities revealed details on recently discovered animal mummies, saying they include two lion cubs as well as several crocodiles, birds and cats.
埃及文物部近日公开了有关最近发现的动物木乃伊的细节，其中包括两头幼狮以及多具鳄鱼鸟和猫的木乃伊。
- 英语原文
Items from the new find were displayed at a makeshift exhibition at the famed Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, south of Cairo, near where mummies and other artifacts have been found in a vast necropolis.
Local archeologists found a cache that includes hundreds of mummified animals, birds and crocodiles.
Among the mummified animals were two lion cubs and radar scans were needed on three others to determine the mummies were also lions.
Archeologists frequently find mummified cats but the recovery of a lion is rare.
In 2004, the first lion skeleton was found in Saqqara, revealing the sacred status of the animal in ancient times.
- 汉语对照
新发现的文物是在位于开罗以南塞加拉著名的朱塞尔阶梯式金字塔的一个临时展览上展出的。此处距离发现木乃伊和其他文物的庞大墓地不远，当地考古学家发现藏有数百具哺乳动物、鸟类和鳄鱼木乃伊的暗窖。这些被制成木乃伊的动物中包括两头幼狮，此外还需要对另外三具木乃伊进行雷达扫描以确定它们是否也是狮子。考古学家经常发现被制成木乃伊的猫，但狮子木乃伊却十分罕见。2004年，人们曾在塞加拉发现第一具狮子骨架，从而揭示了这种动物在古代的神圣地位。
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