Among the animals they were interred with were also sheep. In tombs 54, 61, and 79, specifically, researchers discovered the skulls of six individuals whose horns had been modified. These included ...

The skull at the base of the horn core was fractured ... Over time, these corkscrew-horned sheep were adopted into hieroglyphics and depicted on jars, carved reliefs, and ritual vessels in ...

"Holes in the skull bones indicate that herders also ... and could even fill in the gaps for how and when these corkscrew-horned sheep declined as the more crescent-horned 'ammon' sheep took ...

Ancient sheep buried in an elite grave in Egypt show the oldest evidence of humans ... "Holes in the skull bones indicate that herders also broke the skull of the young animals to force the horns to ...