The Cats That Conquered Egypt (Or So the Legend Goes) #history #cats #ancienthistory #shorts

In 525 B.C., Persia wanted Egypt. But the fortress of Pelusium and its deadly archers stood in the way.

Then King Cambyses had a strange idea: Egyptians treated cats as sacred. What if his soldiers carried cats to the front line?

According to the legend, the Egyptian archers froze. Nobody wanted to risk hurting a sacred animal. Not one arrow was fired, and the fortress fell.

But is it true? Historians doubt it. The story appears centuries later, and Herodotus never mentions a single cat. Persia really did win, and Egypt really did fall. The cats might just be a legend.

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