Sacred Creatures: Egypt's Darkest SecretSeptember 13, 2015

Throughout history humans have always lived closely with animals. But it is the behaviour of the ancient Egyptians and their extraordinary treatment of animals that is currently fascinating scientist Dr Lidija McKnight. Lidija is collecting information on hundreds of Egyptian animal mummies held in museums across the world – the biggest survey of its kind in history. This program follows Lidija as she scans the animal mummies and meets scientists in Egypt working in the ancient underground catacombs where the mummies were originally buried to unravel the shocking truth of why the ancient Egyptians mummified millions of animals.

Sacred Creatures: Egypt's Darkest Secret was broadcast on SBS ONE at Saturday 23 September 2017, 07:30. This episode was initially placed on Sunday 13 September 2015.