The mummified ram heads, ewes, dogs, wild goats, cows, gazelles, and mongooses discovered are thought to be votive offerings indicating continuing reverence for Ramses II about 1,000 years after his death
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Antiquities officials announced on Saturday that a palatial Old Kingdom structure and over 2,000 mummified ram heads from the Ptolemaic era were discovered.
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.
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