Dozens Of Mummified Cats Were Found In a 6,000-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb

The cat mummies, alongside rare mummified scarabs and artwork dating back 6,000 years, were unearthed in a newly-discovered tomb near the Saqqara pyramid complex, south of Cairo.

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