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Archaeological study uncovers world's oldest evidence of livestock horn manipulationHowever, by the Middle Kingdom, the ammon sheep began appearing in Egypt. These sheep were characterized by crescent-shaped backward-pointing horns. Eventually, these ammon sheep completely ...
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Ancient Egyptians manipulated sheep horns, study revealsBy the Middle Kingdom, ammon sheep with crescent-shaped backward-pointing horns began appearing in Egypt, eventually replacing the corkscrew-horned variant.
These are the horns of Ammon, the Egyptian king of the gods, whom Alexander claimed as his father. The oracle of Zeus-Ammon confirmed this lineage following Alexander’s visit to Egypt.
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