The Army That Lost to Cats 🐱

In 525 B.C., Persia’s king Cambyses couldn’t break the walls of Pelusium in Egypt, so legend says he tried something else. The Egyptians worshipped the cat goddess Bastet, so his soldiers marched cats, dogs, sheep and birds in front of the army, with the goddess painted on their shields. The Egyptian archers wouldn’t risk hitting a sacred animal, and the city fell.

Historians doubt it, since the only record was written about 700 years later. It’s still a great story. #history #ancientegypt #historyfacts #cats #storytime #shorts