One of my newest mods now available - the African Sacred Ibis. A nice species to bulk out and diversify your African areas!
Holy Bin Chickens! // Ancient Egyptians thought animals were incarnations of gods on Earth. They worshipped the sacred ibis as the god Thoth, which was responsible for maintaining the universe, judging the dead, and overseeing systems of magic, writing, and science. reddit.com/gallery/r9xx1c
Painted Wooden Coffin of the Sacred Ibis of Thoth reddit.com/gallery/rea10b
Sacred animal mummy of an ibis inside a jar reddit.com/gallery/qa54ay
Edward Poynter - Feeding The Sacred Ibis In The Halls Of Karnac
Sacred animal mummy in the form of an ibis decorated with appliqué of Ibis-headed god reddit.com/gallery/pl7aik
Sacred animal mummy in the form typical of a wrapped ibis, decorated with a figure of Duamutef reddit.com/gallery/pl7rkm
Sacred animal mummy in the form of an ibis decorated with appliqué of Ibis-headed god. Dated to 400 B.C.–100 CE. Late Period–Roman Period. *Representing the God Thoth, god of science, math, writing, magic reddit.com/gallery/ozzf19
Sacred animal mummy in the form typical of a wrapped ibis, decorated with a figure of Duamutef ca. 400 B.C.–100 A.D. Late Period–Roman Period. Duamutef was, in ancient Egyptian religion, one of the four sons of Horus and a protection god of the canopic jars. He protected the stomach of the dead. reddit.com/gallery/ozzn1c
Found at the Ibis Cemetery at Abydos, Sacred animal mummy containing small ibises, dated to 400 B.C.–100 A.D. (Late Period–Roman Period). Offering to the Ibis headed god Thoth, god of math, science, writing, magic. Also takes the form of a Ibis or Baboon reddit.com/gallery/ola8v5
Mummified female sacred ibis, relatively elaborately wrapped. Dated to 740-380 B.C.E. reddit.com/gallery/os7uct
Ibis Mummy as an offering to the God Thoth. Thoth was the god of the moon, sacred texts, mathematics, the sciences, magic, messenger and recorder of the deities, master of knowledge, and patron of scribes. His Egyptian name was Djehuty, which means “He who is like the Ibis.” reddit.com/gallery/oqywbj
The African sacred ibis, which plays a central role in the religion of the Ancient Egyptians, is locally extinct and no longer lives in Egypt. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afr…
An early route bird fakemon. It is a Sacred Ibis that is Normal/Flying until its last evo where it is Ghost/Flying
Sacred Ibis youtu.be/v-M4GrYxJNQ
Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) youtu.be/v-M4GrYxJNQ
Correction: the birb in the photo is a Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus). I apologise for any confusion or inconvenience this may have caused any of you.
Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) visiting the lake youtu.be/v-M4GrYxJNQ
Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) visiting the lake youtu.be/v-M4GrYxJNQ
African Sacred Ibis: in ancient Egypt these birds were the symbol of wisdom. Now they are being hunted for their beaks, which are then used as straws. The vast majority of people have no idea that almost 84% of reusable straws are made of ibis beaks.
Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) youtu.be/v-M4GrYxJNQ
Sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus), a species distributed through Egypt, Iraq, and Sub-Saharan Africa. They were often mummified by ancient Egyptians, who held them as sacred. Taken at the Santa Barbara Zoo [oc]
Added a cool Ram and a Sacred Ibis skull to the collection over the weekend from the oddities curiosity expo in Chicago.
🔥 African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus), Taiwan
"Mitogenomic diversity in Sacred Ibis Mummies sheds light on early Egyptian practices", Wasef et al 2019 journals.plos.org/plosone…
🔥 African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus), Taiwan
