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

Archaeologists have uncovered strangely deformed sheep skulls at an ancient Egyptian burial site, representing the oldest known example of humans modifying livestock horns.Researchers also found the ...

The earliest evidence of livestock with modified horns has been discovered in ancient Egypt – sheep skulls with horns that ...

A rare sheep breed is bringing joy to a Somerset couple who have been rearing them for 13 years. Ben and Tamsin Blackmore, from Dulverton, have a flock of about 70 Exmoor Horn Sheep. The sheep ...

Testing and detective work is vital this autumn and winter if the UK sheep industry is to tackle an increase in Haemonchus contortus (barber’s pole worm) sustainably. This is according to flock ...

For a mind-boggling period of close to 30 years, farmers of the Marathasa valley have been complaining about crop losses from mouflons. The endemic and unique mouflon or “wild sheep” of Cyprus ...

Researchers note that this is one of the oldest and most striking examples of humans modifying livestock horns. A total of six skulls, belonging to large, castrated male sheep, were unearthed.

representing the oldest known example of humans modifying livestock horns. Researchers also found the remains of at least six large, castrated male sheep at the mortuary complex in Hierakonpolis ...