11.   The sacred animal chose water and corn, foretelling that grains and daily food would be plentiful, the government public relations department said.

12.   Mummies of sacred animals from the tombs of the Pharaohs were to go on display Saturday at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

13.   The attacks on elephants keep rising despite their being revered as sacred animals.

14.   The greatest honor for a worshipper was to fall into the Nile and be devoured by the sacred animal.