"Seeing the evidence, I was completely taken aback. It was beyond anything we had expected to find in Egypt." The animal—which is native to sub-Saharan Africa—was caught and killed by local ...

Spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta), also known as laughing hyenas, are native to sub-Saharan Africa and thrive in a variety of ...

Many of the animals later became central to Egypt's religious and artistic traditions ... Baboons and leopards, for example, are not native to the Nile Valley, indicating that early Egyptians ...