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An Egyptian Mummified Crocodile from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Preserve (Ukraine): Archaeological and Morphological Considerations

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This study presents the first examination of an Egyptian mummified crocodile from the collection of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Preserve (Ukraine). Archival research established that the specimen was donated to the Archaeological Museum at St. Volodymyr’s University in 1860 by Dr. Joseph Shkuratovsky who likely obtained it in Upper Egypt in the mid-19th century. The mummy had never been studied by Egyptologists, bio-archaeologists, or zoologists. Radiocarbon dating and chemical analysis ...

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10.15388/archlit.2025.26.10

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Vilnius University Press
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Archaeologia Lituana More from this journal
Volume:
26
Pages:
246-261
Publication date:
2025-12-22
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2538-8738
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1392-6748


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2385744
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W7130653061
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2026-03-15
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