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This Ancient Paw Print on a Pottery Fragment in Jerusalem Is the Oldest Known Evidence of a Cat Kneading
More than a millennia ago, a cat came upon a fresh piece of pottery in Jerusalem. It placed its paws upon the clay—which was ...
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Cat “Making Biscuits” on Ancient Jug Leaves 1,200-Year-Old Paw Print
Around 1,200 years ago, someone left a freshly crafted clay jug to dry in the sun before firing it in the kiln. Little did ...
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Ancient cat paw prints discovered in pottery dating back over 1,000 years
Over a thousand years ago, a cat stumbled upon a fresh piece of pottery and placed its paws on the clay in Jerusalem.As per ...
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1,200 years ago, a cat in Jerusalem left the oldest known evidence of 'making biscuits' on a clay jug
The team suspects the cat left its paw print when a potter left the freshly ... its claws were extended and left deep marks in the clay surface," Shimon Gibson, an archaeologist at the University ...
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Oldest evidence of happy kneading cat found on 1,200-year-old clay pot in Jerusalem
Noticeably pronounced claw marks on the clay led archaeologists to conclude ... is that it was communicating its bliss. “The paw print indicates that the small cat was probably reclined on ...