During the years 1887-1889, Edouard Naville excavated Bubastis and found huge pits filled with the remains of cremated cats near brick ovens that were blackened from use. In one pit he found 720 cubic feet of bones, but he noted that in many cases ichneumons (mongoose) were buried along with the cats. Naville’s find is […]
CAT MUMMIES AT SAQQARA
August 15, 2012 By 2 Comments
If you prefer to listen, scroll down. Most of the cat mummies at Saqqara were young before they died, about 4 months old, and were killed by head trauma, which was sometimes so violent that the skull split in two. Other cats were killed by strangulation due to evidence of dislocated vertebrae. The bodies of […]