10-09-2015 13:17 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Bird Mummy's Secret: Why Raptor Was Force-Fed by Ancient Egyptians

A new autopsy reveals that overeating choked and killed this unfortunate raptor from ancient Egypt. Scientists suspect that Egyptians force-fed the bird so they could offer it to the sun god Ra as a votive mummy. Mummification wasn't reserved for people in Egypt.
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