ETRUSCAN CAT HISTORY The Phoenicians most probably introduced the Egyptian domestic cat to the Etruscans, as there is evidence of the Phoenician trade in Etruscan tombs located in the area of Civeta Castellani (Hamilton, 1896). Pictured on many of these tombs walls, the vermin killing domestic cat was familiar to early Etruscans. On one of […]
THE ETRUSCAN CAT
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