It's International #CatDay! 🐈⬛
Here's a cheery feline decorating an >1000-year-old Late Paracas ceramic vessel from Peru. 🐈
🔗 from 2018 (🆓) buff.ly/35YLnUS
We've been obsessed with our kitty companions for millennia - people were buried with them (& foxes) during the #Neolithic in the eastern Meditteranean, around 7,000 BC!
🔗 from 2019 (🆓) buff.ly/2Pvm59I
📷: Neolithic burials with 🐈/🦊
Cats are most famously associated with ancient Egypt, where they were kind of a big deal. Many deities were depicted with cat heads and mummified felines were given as votive offerings.
📷: Statuette of the cat-headed deity Bastet. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Even pet cats were beloved in Egypt. A pet cemetery at Berenike from ~100 AD features 86 carefully buried cats - some with valuable metal collars - showcasing people's affection for their furry companions.
🔗 from 2016 (🆓) doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2…
So on #InternationalCatDay, take inspiration from ancient Egypt and spoil your kitty - maybe with a fancy new collar that archaeologists of the future can use to infer you really cared about your cat
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