Cat Humor in Ancient Egypt

Egyptologists John and Colleen Darnell discuss unusual images of animals on papyri and ostraca from the workmen’s village of Deir el-Medina, the religious significance of monkeys and geese, and how an ancient Egyptian love poem can help us understand a painting of a cat hugging a goose beneath the throne of queen Tiye. Follow us on Instagram @vintage_egyptologist. . 0:40: A. Scharff, Handbuch der Archäologie (1939), pl. 92 0:47: Photograph by J. C. Darnell 0:59: Turin Museo Egizio CGT 1591, Stela dedica