A neolithic figurine depicting a goddess seated on a leopard, and holding a small leopard on her chest. Discovered in a house in Hacılar in Turkey, 5600 BCE, now housed at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara [3084×5282]
A neolithic figurine depicting a goddess seated on a leopard, and holding a small leopard on her chest. Discovered in a house in Hacılar in Turkey, 5600 BCE, now housed at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara [3084×5282]
Wonder why it was determined to be a small leopard and not a domestic cat, given other cultures’ veneration of cats, including to this day in modern Turkey.
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Wonder why it was determined to be a small leopard and not a domestic cat, given other cultures’ veneration of cats, including to this day in modern Turkey.