Saturday, 3 October 2026

1860 discovery in Egypt of a burial of 180,000 mummified cats

Three mummified cats wrapped in cloth, displayed on stands in a museum case.

In 1860 a burial of 180,000 mummified cats was found in Egypt, many of the mummies with bronze masks. Egyptian animal cemeteries also sometimes yield mummified dogs, monkeys and birds

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