@inbook{f980984ab3554a5c8701520fdde2e3c0,
title = "Otter or mongoose? Chewing over the evidence in wall scenes",
abstract = "The representation of two ambiguous figures in the Old Kingdom Saqqara tombs of Mereuka and Hesi have been identified equally as Egyptian mongooses and otters. However, while mongooses are known to have inhabited ancient Egypt, otters are not indigenous to the country. The case for otters in Egypt during the pharaoic period is re-evaluated by considering both artistic and behavioural data.",
keywords = "animals, ancient Egypt, art, animal behaviour",
author = "Linda Evans",
year = "2010",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789774798450",
volume = "1",
series = "Suppl{\'e}ment aux Annales du Service des antiquit{\'e}s de l'Egypte",
publisher = "Supreme Council of Antiquities Egypt",
number = "38",
pages = "119--129",
editor = "Alexandra Woods and Ann McFarlane and Susanne Binder",
booktitle = "Egyptian culture and society",
}