tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35372284.post-81810050701507551852007-05-20T09:27:00.000+03:002007-05-20T09:35:41.861+03:00The legend that Helena the mother of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Emperor</span> Constantine was the first person to bring cats to Cyprus is just that. I found the following National Geographic reference to a 9500 year old mummified cat in Cyprus.<br /><br /><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0408_040408_oldestpetcat.html">http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0408_040408_oldestpetcat.html</a><br /><br />So it seems that Helena missed the boat.... or the boatload which ever you prefer.<br /><br />There is no doubt whatsoever in my mind that the cat described in the National Geographic article was the victim of a hit-and-run incident by a 9500 year old Cypriot at the wheel of his chariot./shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431017988471607130noreply@blogger.com