Tens of Cat Mummies and 100 Cat Statues Found Near Ancient Egyptian Pyramid
Ancient Egyptians seem to have been "cat people," or at least cat mummy people. alongside about 100 wooden cat statues in a tomb complex near a pyramid built for the pharaoh Userkaf, who reigned from 2291 B.C. to 2289 B.C., the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities The burials are located near the site of Saqqara in Egypt. Archaeologists are sorting out precisely when everything dates to, but it appears that sometime between 717 B.C. and 332 B.C., the complex was used for the burial of cats, the ministry said in a statement on Facebook. [ have ...
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