This ceremony was attended by senior officials of the Ministries of Heritage and Foreign Affairs, the Canadian Border Services Agency, and correspondents from major news channels in Canada. He praised the distinguished relations between Egypt and Canada, which contributed to the success of efforts to repatriate this important piece. At the end of the ceremony, the Egyptian ambassador received a certificate signed by the Canadian Minister of Heritage to return the artifact to the Egyptian government. Egyptians cherished their relationships with cats and when any of them died, they mummified them and made statues for them from various stones and metals. A cemetery was found that contains thousands of mummified cats with brilliant precision, which indicates the importance of cats in ancient Egypt.

Source: Egypt Today March 10, 2021 12:33 UTC