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ancient Egyptians tamed wild ibis for sacrifice

  • Written by Sally Wasef, Postdoctoral research fellow, Griffith University
ancient Egyptians tamed wild ibis for sacrificeA scene from the Books of the Dead (based at the Egyptian Museum) shows the ibis-headed god Thoth recording the result of "the final judgement".Wasef et al./PLOS ONE, CC BY-SA

These days, not many Aussies consider the ibis a particularly admirable creature.

But these birds, now colloquially referred to as “bin chickens” due to their...

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