Spirit Migration : The meaning and importance of the northern bald ibis in ancient Egypt

Abstract

The article deals not only with the importnace of the northern bald ibis in Egyptiuan religion (as the spirito f the dead), but also with modern cooperation between Egyptology and ornithology in protecting and saving this critically endangered species.

Keywords

• akh
• spirit
• northern bald ibis
• migration
• climate change
• endangered species