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Khaled Desouki

Along with animal mummies, dozens of 2,500-year-old animal statues were also discovered.

This mummified crocodile was also found recently at Saqqara.

The discovery was made in Saqqara, where the remains of hundreds of mummified cats have been found.

Named for a former Prime Minister of Egypt, the Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Cairo, Egypt — notable for its collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works — was robbed in 1978 and 2010.