#worldcatday

🪷 8 Aug is #WorldCatDay: In August 130 AD #Antinous & #Hadrian entered Egypt via #Pelusium, where centuries earlier the Persians sent cats into battle against cat-worshiping Egyptians, who refused to fight feline foes & surrendered: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/08/antinous-and-hadrians-entry-into-egypt.html #InternationalCatDay 🪷

🪷 8 Aug is #WorldCatDay #InternationalCatDay: Did #Antinous and #Hadrian see the big #Bastet/ #Sekhmet cat temple when they arrived in #Alexandria in August 130 AD? They could hardly have missed it! Now it has been rediscovered: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/08/happy-world-cat-day-is-your-home-cat.html #CatDay 🪷