“These representations indicate that initially only the corkscrew-horn type was prevalent. The more detailed renderings show that these sheep were hairy with long tails and lop-ears, although ...

These Hierakonpolis sheep remains, according to researchers, provide the oldest case of horn modification of livestock by humans, and the first demonstration of this practice applied to sheep.

The sheep is believed to be 10.5 years old and in the final stages of its lifespan, according to Game and Parks. Its horns measured 190 inches, the World-Herald reported.

In a rare discovery, archaeologists have discovered strangely deformed sheep skulls in Hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt, dating to ...