Modern mummification sheds light on Ramses II

Friday, February 1, 2013 - 07:20 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Some millennia ago, Yes might have been the object of worship in ancient Egypt. Today, Yes – a modern, domestic house cat – is helping shed light on the practice of mummification and the lives of ancients, such as Ramses II, the most celebrated pharaoh of Egypt.

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