Large numbers of cat mummies and tomb paintings have been found near a small village called Beni Hassan, located 23 kilometers south of Minya, between Asyut and Memphis. With its necropolis located high in the limestone cliffs on the eastern side of the Nile, it was here that the famous archeologist, Flinders Petrie, found a […]
CAT MUMMIES AND TOMB PAINTINGS AT BENI HASSAN
Filed Under: ANCIENT EGYPT, CAT HISTORY Tagged With: Amenemhat III, Baron of Allington, Beni Hasan, Beni Ḥassān, cat mummies, Dynasty, Flinders Petrie, Howard Carter, Nile, Pakhet, tomb paintings