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Did You Know Ancient Egyptians Believed Cats Bear Sacred Symbols on Their Heads?
Not all of them, of course. But enough of them that it likely reinforced the ancient Egyptian belief that cats were conduits of the divine. It's right there, smack in the middle of their foreheads: the symbol for Ra, or Khepri-in-the-Morning, the sun god in the form of a scarab beetle. Do you see it? It's not a line for line "stamp" of a scarab beetle, but it is clear enough … [Read more...] about Did You Know Ancient Egyptians Believed Cats Bear Sacred Symbols on Their Heads?
