Ovis longipes palaeoaegyptiacus had unique, loosely spiraling horns that came out of the sides of the skull.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent sources including academic references, museum databases, and recent archaeological news articles all corroborate the distinctive horizontal, corkscrew horn morphology of this extinct sheep subspecies. The consistency across scholarly and educational sources, plus recent 2024 archaeological findings, provides strong verification.
Sources
- Ancient Egyptian corkscrew-horned sheep (wikipedia)