| Ancient Egyptian Cattle | |
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| Scientific classification |
Ancient Egyptian cattles were of four principal different types: long-horned, short-horned, polled and zebuine.
The earliest evidence for cattle in Egypt is from the Fayoum region, dating back to the fifth millennium BC.
In the New Kingdom, hump-backed zebuine cattle from Syria were introduced to Egypt, and seem to have replaced earlier types.