It’s difficult to imagine prides of lions roaming Egypt today, but as late as 1000 B.C. the big cats idled on the banks of the Nile—and some even lounged in palaces as domesticated pets for ...

Lion Mummy Found In Egyptian Tomb. January 14, 2004 / 3:22 PM EST / AP ... The lion may have been considered an incarnation of the god Mahes, the son of Bastet, Zivie said.

For Ms. el-Helw, though, lions are a family business. Her grandmother Mahassen was the Arab world’s first female lion tamer, and her father, Ibrahim, was a star of Egypt’s state-run National ...

Egyptian authorities have unveiled a trove of mummified animals and statues in remarkable condition. According to The Guardian, the discovery was made near the remains of a mummified adult lion ...

Inscriptions suggest lions were bred in special animal precincts and buried in sacred cemeteries. But so far none has been found. Professor Lloyd said he had heard rumours in the early 1970s of a ...

Most famously, prominent lion trainer Mohamed El-Helw also died, after he tried to break up a fight between two lions during mating season and one of them attacked him during a show at Egypt’s ...