Saturday, October 16, 2010

The cat who wanted to be an archaeologist

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Cat, come out!
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He was hiding from the blazing sun at Kursi, underneath the remains of the Byzantine church and monastery on the site where Jesus reportedly drove out a legion of demons from a man.
The demons went into some pigs instead.
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I couldn't find any pigs to photograph for Camera-Critter Sunday, so this cat will just have to do.
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UPDATE Dec. 16, 2015: A stone with a long Hebrew inscription was just found at Kursi, so Kursi may have been a Jewish town with a synagogue -- a surprise!
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8 comments:

  1. lucky cat-- it gets to explore where people probably aren't allowed to. wonder what it found down there?

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  2. Cats are poetry, to be found even in such a place. Thank you as well for the explanation of where it is hiding.

    Please have a good Sunday.

    daily athens

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  3. Poor pigs. I don't think they deserved that. I hope the cat is OK.

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  4. Apparently Jesus didn't drive out the kitties.

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  5. Cute shot, I'm sure the cat got out . They are great climbers.

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  6. Cats are so clever! We're adopting one at the end of the month, an abandoned cat who's at the vet clinic right now. New blog coming!

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