In ancient Egypt many ibis birds were offered to the god Thoth. This limestone sarcophagus was for the mummified remains of a baby bird, and has demotic text on the outside, a simplified handwritten form of hieroglyphs. - Late Period (Dynasties 26-31) - 661-332 BC,Ptolemaic Period - 332-30 BC,Roman Period - 30 BC-AD 384 - Egypt