 The ancient Egyptians were surrounded by animals, both domestic and wild. They believed that animals had souls. They also believed that animals will always be useful. Soful Creatures looks at the relationship between Egyptians and animals and at this very unusual practice of momifying animals. Cats, dogs, crocodiles, snakes, and of course the ibis. When a worshipper came to the temple and wanted to send a message or a prayer to their god of choice, one of these animals would be mummified by the priests and deposited in a catacomb. The sacred animal for each god can also act on behalf of a person in this world. And these messengers took problems that people had, ordinary problems for the god's intervention here on earth. I hope that people take from this exhibition that something that's very familiar to them, something like a dog or a cat, can be understood in a completely different way in a foreign and ancient culture.