Ancient Egyptian mummified kitten valued at $1,500 to $2,000
An ancient Egyptian mummified cat or kitten is being auctioned on 29-30 Aug 2018 with a guide price of $1,500 to $2,000. You can bid online by clicking on this link. This is probably...
Tagged: Cats In Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian cats were nearly all very large mackerel tabbies?
A few hundred mummified Egyptian cats exist in museums and analysis of some of the remains reveals that they are mackerel tabby cats like the North African wildcat. I suppose that result might be...
A Bit of 16th Century Turkish Cat History
This is a nice little snippet of Turkish history that goes all the way back to the Ottoman Empire and concerns the cats of Constantinople (now Istanbul). The comments on PoC by The Turkish...
Origin of the Word ‘Cat’
This is an explanation of the origins of the word, ‘cat’. I feel I should try and do this as it is at the heart of a site about cats. Although not always the...
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