Just a few meters into the Giza Zoo, an average-sized white building can be seen from afar. Being the first and largest in the Middle East, the Zoological Museum in Giza Zoo can work for both educational and entertainment purposes, as it contains about 1,352 mummified birds, 555 mummified mammals, 259 mummified reptiles, 115 skulls, 49 stuffed heads and 35 skeletons. Mummified skeletons: a crocodile, a rhinoceros and an elephantWith his fish-eye lens, 30-year-old Egyptian professional photographer Beshoy Fayez, allowed us to go deeper into the museum through his stunning photos. “The museum contains mummified animals dating back from 50 to 7,000 years,” Fayez said, noting that animals from other countries were gifts from abroad that were mummified in Egypt after they died. You can enter this breathtaking zoological museum for LE10.

Source: Egypt Independent May 22, 2017 14:26 UTC