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Mummified cat wrapped in linen with painted facial features. CT scan reveals the fate of this elaborately wrapped cat. About 10 months old, it lies in a fetal position, and the neck vertebrae are out of alignment. It died of strangulation.
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- Title: Mummified Cat
- Location: Egypt, Africa
- Type: Animal Mummy
- Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
- External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
- USNM Catalog Number(s): A381569-0, A381569-0
- Photo Credit: Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Historic Period: 332-30 B.C.
- Field: Archaeology
- Accession Date: 1940-05-13
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