Aysor

An expedition excavating Areni cave discovered a mummified goat head, part of body, perhaps, also brain, head of the Armenian party in the expedition, Boris Gasparyan told reporters.

According to Pavel Avetisyan, Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Egyptian mummifications are man-made while Areni cave mummifications are triggered by environment.

The expert said the mummified goat gives a possibility to study the process of domestication of animals. If scientists prove that the goat dates from late 5th millennium or early 4th millennium BC, they will have a good basis to study wild goat species.

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