10 Cypriots had pets in antiquity? Shillourokampos cat is the oldest known pet cat from a burial dating to 9,500 B.C. The carefully interred remains of a human and a cat were found buried with 24 seashells, polished stones, and other decorative artifacts in a 9,500-year-old grave site on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. This finding from the Neolithic village of Shillourokambos predates early Egyptian art depicting cats by 4,000 years or more. According to researchers, this joint burial indicates a strong association between human and cat and that the feline is possibly the world’s oldest known pet cat. Did you know that...
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