What animal deities reveal about Cleopatra's fading power
A crocodile mummy housed in the British Museum depicts Sobek, the Crocodile God, a deity worshipped by ancient Egyptians. Historians attribute the rise of such animal mummies to the Egyptian's disillusionment with the Pharaoh's divine authority as they faced famine and economic turmoil.
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