Creatures of Earth, Water, and Sky

Ancient Egyptians always had an intense and complex relationship with animals in daily life as well as in religion. Despite the fact that research on this relationship has been a topic of study, gaps in our knowledge still remain. This volume presents well over 30 contributions that explore Human-Animal relationships from the Predynastic to the Roman period. The essays cover topics such as animal husbandry, mummification, species-specific studies, the archaeology and economy of the animal cults, funerary practices, iconography and symbolism. The contribution of archaeometrical methods, such as DNA analyses, balms' analyses, AMS dating, radiography, and 3D imaging, are also represented as these play a significant role in furthering our understanding of the human-animal relationship in Egypt. The range of subject matter and contributors are indicative of the importance of animals and the role that they played in ancient Egypt and Nubia, and emphasises the need for continued inter- and multidisciplinary studies on the subject. The research outlined in this volume has helped, for example, to better identify ways of sourcing the animals used in mummification, contributed to establishing the eras during which animal mummification became common, and highlighted new techniques for acquiring DNA. The fresh insights and diversity of topics makes the volume of interest for professionals (Egyptologists, (archaeo-)zoologists and historians), as well as those who are interested in Egyptology and in the relationship between humans and animals. 'Creatures of Earth, Water and Sky' is the result of the first international conference ever dedicated to animals in ancient Egypt and Nubia (the International Symposium on Animals in Ancient Egypt, ISAAE 1, June 1-3 2016, held in Lyon). Contents: Abstracts Preface Stéphanie Porcier, Salima Ikram & Stéphane Pasquali L'exploitation de l'autruche dans l'Égypte ancienne : l'exemple des perles en coquille d'œuf d'autruche Halima Ali Toybou Scanning Sobek: Mummy of the Crocodile God Julie Anderson & Daniel Antoine Donkey Burials at Tell El-Yahudia Aiman Ashmawy Ali À propos des noms d'espèces appartenant au sous-ordre des sauria (lézards) attestés en Égypte ancienne et médiévale : un tour d'horizon zoologique et lexicographique Sydney H. Aufrère Early Travellers and the Animal `Mummy Pits' of Egypt: Exploration and Exploitation of the Animal Catacombs in the Age of Early Travel Tessa T. Baber From Egyptology to Ornithology: The Cults of Sacred Falcons and The Musée des Confluences' Raptor Mummies Rozenn Bailleul-LeSuer Interpreting the Faunal Remains from the Tombs at the Temple of Millions of Years of Amenhotep II in Western Thebes: Funerary Practices, Ritual Practices or, Perhaps, Something Else? Fabio Bona, Anna Consonni, Tommaso Quirino & Angelo Sesana Une analyse chimique de la composition de baumes de momies animales égyptiennes conservées au musée des Confluences (Lyon, France) Manon Bondetti, Stéphanie Porcier, Matthieu Ménager & Cathy Vieillescazes Économie du culte des animaux sacrés en Égypte hellénistique et romaine Silvia Bussi Bœufs d'Égypte, bœufs du Soudan : une morphologie différente ? Louis Chaix L'étude des momies animales du musée des Confluences à Lyon. L'exemple des momies de poissons Alain Charron Des chiens et des bandelettes Françoise Dunand, Roger Lichtenberg, Cécile Callou & Fleur Letellier-Willemin Trapping Baqet's Rat Linda Evans De la valeur emblématique des dromadaires en terre cuite d'Égypte Jérôme Gonzalez Formes et figures animales dans le mobilier égyptien Hélène Guichard Shedding New Light on Old Corpses: Developments in the Field of Animal Mummy Studies Salima Ikram Mummies from the City of Canine Deities: An Analysis of Canid Osteofaunal Remains from the Tomb of the Dogs on Gebel Asyut al-Gharbi, Asyut, Middle Egypt Chiori Kitagawa Emploi et symbolisme des cornes de bovins au Protodynastique : Exemples d'Abou Rawach Joséphine Lesur Appréhender les momies autrement. L'étude des textiles des momies de gazelles du musée des Confluences à Lyon Fleur Letellier-Willemin Known and Unknown Animals in a Bilingual Glossary on a Papyrus from Egypt, and the Egyptian Effect on the Small Animal of Callimachus Nikos Litinas Mummies at Manchester - applying the Manchester Methodology to the Study of Mummified Animal Remains from Ancient Egypt Lidija McKnight & Stephanie Woolham The North Ibis Catacomb at Saqqara Paul T. Nicholson The Conservation of Animal Mummies: Problems and Possible Solutions Cinzia Oliva & Matilde Borla La polychromie d'un cercueil de faucon d'époque romaine Sandrine Pagès-Camagna & Yannick Vandenberghe Sur la manière dont un Égyptien a raconté l'installation de l'animal sacré de Mendès Stéphane Pasquali Datations par le carbone 14 de 63 momies animales du musée des Confluences à Lyon (France) Stéphanie Porcier, Pascale Richardin, Gaëtan Louarn, Salima Ikram & Didier Berthet Les cinq momies de chat de la Società africana d'Italia (SAI) : nouvelles recherches, nouvelles découvertes Maria Diletta Pubblico & Cinzia Oliva The Burial Ground for Osiris-(NN)-Animals at Tuna el-Gebel Katrin Annikka Schlüter A Study of the Wrapping of an Ibis Mummy from the Catacombs of Tuna-el-Gebel, Hermopolis Ahmed Tarek, Mohamed Abdel-Rahman, Nesma Mohamed, Ahmed Khairy & Ahmed Abedellatif The Conservation of Animal Mummies and Associated Materials: Case Studies from the C2RMF Noëlle Timbart Le 'Tête-de-chien' (???????????) des Grecs : l'Égypte au prisme des animaux Marco Vespa 'Fishing' for Mitochondrial DNA in Mummified Sacred Ibis: Development of a Targeted Enrichment Protocol Resolves the Ancient Egyptian DNA Survival Debate Sally Wasef, Leon Huynen, Craig Donald Millar, Sankar Subramanian, Salima Ikram, Barbra Holland Eske Willerslev & David Martin Lambert