Many Ancient Egyptian Animal Mummies Have Little To No Skeletal Remains

A BBC documentary shows scientists revealing that most of the 800 ancient Egyptian animal mummies they scanned do not contain full skeletons; in fact, many contain no animal remains at all.

Thanks to technology, scientists now know that around two-thirds of more than 800 animal mummies from ancient Egypt do not contain full animal skeletons.
In fact, X-ray and CT scans show that about a third contains partial remains as minimal as just one bone, while another third are stuffed with organic material like sticks, or items symbolic of animals such eggshells. 
Researchers believe the ancient mummies, which include birds, cats, and crocodiles, were used mostly as a p