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Mini Blog: Reporting from the Chicago Field Museum

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I recently visited one of my Bucket List museums (yes, that is the kind of nerd that I am). I wanted to share a few of my pictures from the Chicago Field Museum featuring feline artifacts in their collections.

For more information about cat mummies in ancient Egypt, see my article on the goddess Bastet. The lions of Tsavo are on my shortlist for future articles. If you don’t know, it is a gruesome and fascinating tale.

  • cat mummy
  • two jade cats
  • two taxidermy lions
  • selfie with taxidermy lions
  • two lion skulls