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In ancient Egypt, the cattle count was one of the two main means of evaluating the amount of taxes to be levied, the other one being the height of the annual inundation. A very important economic event, the cattle count was controlled by high officials, and was connected to several cultic feasts. In addition it served as a means of dating other ...
Ancient Egyptian cattle were of four principal different types: long-horned, short-horned, polled and zebuine. [17] The earliest evidence for cattle in Egypt is from the Faiyum region, dating back to the fifth millennium BC. [17] In the New Kingdom, hump-backed zebuine cattle from Syria were introduced to Egypt, and seem to have replaced ...
Hesat is an ancient Egyptian goddess in the form of a cow. She was said to provide humanity with milk (called "the beer of Hesat") and in particular to suckle the pharaoh and several ancient Egyptian bull gods. In the Pyramid Texts she is said to be the mother of Anubis and of the deceased king.
Milking cattle in ancient Egypt. In ancient Egypt, cattle were the most important livestock, and sheep, goats, and pigs were also kept; poultry including ducks, geese, and pigeons were captured in nets and bred on farms, where they were force-fed with dough to fatten them. [10] The Nile provided a plentiful source of fish.
The tomb of Neferhotep, built around 1320 B.C., is the final resting place of an ancient official, according to a Feb. 12 Facebook post from the Egypt Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. The ...
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 December 2024. Extinct species of large cattle Not to be confused with Bos taurus, European bison, or Oryx. Aurochs Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene–Holocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Mounted skeleton of an aurochs bull at the National Museum of Denmark Conservation status Extinct (1627 ...
Kom el-Hisn (Arabic: كوم الحصن Kawm el-Ḥiṣn) is a Nile Delta settlement dating back to the Old Kingdom of Egypt with parts dating to the Middle Kingdom.Its location in the 3rd nome of Lower Egypt, or "House of the Lord of Ships (pr nb jmu)", focus on the goddess Hathor, as well as faunal and textual evidence suggests it played a role in transporting cattle between regions.