The Screaming Mummies of Guanajuato and a Horde of Egyptian Cats
Posted in History, Animals, Podcast, History Podcast, Storytelling, Culture, Society, Anthropology, Social Science, Science, Indigenous, Education, Learning, Study, England, Exploration, Expedition, Discovery, Travel, Halloween, Spooky, Religion, Mythology, Folklore, World History, Analysis, Prehistory, Prehistoric, Ancestors, Scary, Archaeology, Egypt, Egyptology, Cats, Mummy, Mummies, Guanajuato, Mummies of Guanajuato, Mexico, Mexican History, Teotihuacan, Mummification, Beni Hassan, Bastet, Bast, Egyptian Gods, Festivals, Digs, Archaeological Digs, Excavation, History of Egypt, Ray Bradbury on Oct 23rd, 2019 Comments
In this two story episode we travel to Guanajuato, Mexico, and discover a cache of mummies that were literally evicted from their graves. Then we head to Beni Hassan, Egypt, where a farmer digging a well in 1888 accidentally stumbled upon one of the largest hoards of cat mummies ever found, and, possibly, an ancient, illegal crime ring of cat killers (seriously). We also meet Bastet, the ancient Egyptian goddess that started it all.
