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Lidija M. Mcknight, Lecturer in Biomedical Egyptology, University of Manchester

How the last meal of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian crocodile was brought back to life using modern science

The ancient crocodile was mummified, probably as an offering to Sobek Lidija McKnight, Author provided

What do you think of when you think about ancient Egyptian mummies? Perhaps your mind takes you back to a school trip to the museum, when you came face to face with a mummified person inside a glass case. Or maybe you think of mummies as depicted by Hollywood, the emerging zombie-like from their sandy tombs with dirtied bandages billowing in the breeze.

It might surprise you to know that the Egyptians also preserved millions of animals.

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