I just discovered that it is International Cat Day – which is unusually relevant to my research at the moment! But why should someone who works on ancient writing be so interested in cats all of a sudden? Well, we need to travel back in time to the ancient Aegean to discover the reason.
Cretan Hieroglyphic seal made of carnelian, showing a cat figure. Image from HERE.
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