[The raising and worship of monkeys in the late period of ancient Egypt].

New finds of pathologically altered skeletal remains of baboons originating from the galleries under the temple of the god Thot in Tuna el-Gebel/Middle Egypt enlarge the knowledge of diseases observed in these animals, which were kept in non-appropriate conditions during ancient Egyptian time. "Rickets" and chronic deformations of the joints ("arthrosis") were observed most frequently. Additional cases of bone tumors and osteomyelitis were noted.