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In 1830, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg accounted of having observed three different small cat forms in Egypt: the jungle cat, the African wildcat, and a sacred cat that was intermediate in size between the jungle cat and the domestic cat.
20 ώρες πριν · Sphinx. Pharaoh. Nedjem (meaning "sweet one," the actual name of one ancient Egyptian pet cat) Ankh (the iconic "life symbol") Cleopatra. Tutankhamun (or "Tut" for short) Anubis. Miut (an ancient Egyptian pet name for girls meaning " little cat ") A cat walking past the Al Mina Mosque in Hurghada, Egypt.
26 Φεβ 2021 · The site, located in the early Roman port of Berenice, was found 10 years ago, but its purpose was mysterious. Now, a detailed excavation has unearthed the burials of nearly 600 cats and dogs, along with the strongest evidence yet that these animals were treasured pets.
5 Μαρ 2021 · Is This 2,000-Year-Old Egyptian Burial Site the World’s Oldest Pet Cemetery? Excavations show how humans treated cats, dogs and monkeys in first- and second-century Egypt
6 Δεκ 2016 · One catacomb at the Temple of Anubis in Saqqara described last year contained over eight million animal mummies, most of them young dogs.
4 Μαρ 2021 · In Egypt, a decade of excavations at the ancient Red Sea port of Berenice (Berenike) has revealed what some researchers are calling the world’s oldest pet cemetery. Nearly 600 animals,...
The cat dates from the Late Period of ancient Egypt around 600 BC. It's named after Major Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson, who donated the statue to the British Museum in 1939. Gayer-Anderson was a keen collector of small Egyptian sculptures, jewellery and pottery.
