Cat paw prints discovered on 2,000 year old Roman roof tile

It's like a snapshot in history , the tile was discovered in 1969 and stored away along with other finds in Gloucester City Museum until an archaeologist sorting through the store came across it and noticed the paw prints.

The cat is thought to have snuck across the wet tiles which were drying in the sun in about AD100.
The tile, a type called tegula, was used on the roof of a building in what became the Berkeley Street area of modern Gloucester, a spokesman said.
Councillor Lise Noakes, from Gloucester City Council, said it was a "fascinating discovery".
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It's nothing earth shattering but it is a glimpse at a random event that happened 2,000 years ago.

Lol just like today...little stinkers get into everything



a reply to: gortex

And it is SO COOL!!

originally posted by: BlueJacket

Lol just like today...little stinkers get into everything

Ha they sure do, here's another one

Centuries Ago, a Cat Walked Across This Medieval Manuscript

Haha
Cat lover here...

a reply to: karl 12

If only he could have wrote "I was here", lol.

a reply to: RealTruthSeeker

Oh they could but they really can't be bothered to do so.

a reply to: gortex

I don't know about in the Old World, but in Mexico with saltillo tile that is a little thing that they use sometimes to add character. --If they can get a dog to walk over the freshly blocked out tile.

ETA: (Please forgive me for unthinkingly using the name of that other more beastly animal.)

a reply to: gortex

Don't let butcherguy see this.

I twide to be sneaky in my time twavel machine. Muth becarful nexth time.

a reply to: gortex

CLEARLY, cats were tile tradesmen and had a hand, erm paw, in the construction of roman rooftops. Possibly ancient pyramid architects lent to Rome as part of a unilateral slave trade agreement.

s&f

I'm just making up #

a reply to: boymonkey74

Oh they could but they really can't be bothered to do so.

Exactly. Cats can do anything. I've seen mine teleport dozens of times, especially when someone treads on their tails.

a reply to: Astyanax
Is its name Pixel, per chance?

a reply to: Phage

Nope. Have you lost a cat by that name?

I can ask mine to search the Ninth Density for you if you like.

a reply to: Astyanax

Pixel isn't the one who's lost.
Pixel always knows exactly where I am.

a reply to: karl 12

I bet the air was turned blue when the Medieval scribe discovered that !

Ah, good ol' cats. The future of intelligent life on this planet after humans kick the bucket.

Just so you know, that cat would be 8017 years old in human years now.

originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: karl 12

I bet the air was turned blue when the Medieval scribe discovered that !

My thoughts exactly mate - lots of ye olde swear words!


Bet the cat didn't care though

With all the wonderful things we've dug up & found from the past, this comes up. It's strangely fascinating to look at. A random non event that has no bearing on anything but oddly captivating.
Amazing.