Cats in ancient Egypt period. Mummified remains of 335 domestic and 29 jungle cats were excavated in the catacombs of Anubis at Saqqara during works started in 2009. In the 2nd century, Polyaenus accounted of a stratagem allegedly deployed by the Persian king Cambyses II during the Battle of Pelusium (525 BC): Cambyses II ordered placing of cats and other animals venerated by Egyptians before the Persian front lines. Egyptians purportedly stopped their defending operations, and the Persians then conquered Pelusium. Cats in ancient Egypt Cats in ancient Egypt were represented in social and religious practices of Ancient Egypt for more than 30 centuries.
Burial Ridge Burial Ridge Burial Ridge is a Native American archaeological site and burial ground located at Ward's Point - a bluff overlooking Raritan Bay in what is today the Tottenville section of Staten Island. The first documented evidence of Paleo-Indians using the site is from the end of the Early Archaic Period 8,000 years ago. The burial ground - used by the Lenape dating from the Woodland period until relinquishing Staten Island to the Dutch - is the largest pre-European burial ground in New York City and is today unmarked and lies today within Conference House Park. Evidence of prior Native