The ancient Egyptians collected fossils

Filed by Elara Myst

Fossils of ancient animals have fascinated humanity through most of our history, from sometimes being considered ‘dragon bones’ in ancient China, through to modern scientific analyses of them opening up new understanding of evolution and the ancient Earth.And it turns out that, thousands of years ago, the ancient Egyptians also shared this fascination: Ancient Egyptian worshippers of Set, god of darkness and chaos, collected fossils of extinct beasts by the thousands. From 1300 and 1200 BC