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The flag of the British East India Company before 1801: A flag with red and white stripes with the Kingdom of Great Britain's Union Flag as a canton. The Union flag bears red cross on a white field, commonly called St George's Cross, superimposed on a white saltire on a blue field, known as St Andrew's Cross. Also known as the "King's Colours".
The significance of the right and left raised paw differs with time and place. [6] A statue with the left paw raised is to get more customers, while the right paw raised is to get more money. Hence it is also said that the one with left paw is for business and the right is for home. [7] Battery- and solar-powered maneki-neko are a modern iteration.
Cat mummy from Beni Hasan in the Fitchburg Art Museum In the late 1880s, more than 200,000 mummified animals , most of them cats, were found in the cemetery of Beni Hasan in central Egypt. [ 36 ] In 1890, William Martin Conway wrote about excavations in Speos Artemidos near Beni Hasan: "The plundering of the cemetery was a sight to see, but one ...
White and gray Persian cat. The Persian cat, also known as the Persian Longhair, is a long-haired breed of cat characterised by a round face and short muzzle. The first documented ancestors of Persian cats might have been imported into Italy from Khorasan as early as around 1620, however, this has not been proven.
[32] [39] Males and females also have different patterns of black and white skin in their genital areas. [40] In newborns, the white areas are yellow or orange coloured. [32] [39] Antarctic orcas may have pale grey to nearly white backs. [37] Some Antarctic orcas are brown and yellow due to diatoms in the water. [21]
San rock art in Namibia depicting a giraffe. Giraffes were depicted in art throughout the African continent, including that of the Kiffians, Egyptians, and Kushites. [125]: 45–47 The Kiffians were responsible for a life-size rock engraving of two giraffes, dated 8,000 years ago, that has been called the "world's largest rock art petroglyph".
Angono (pronounced or ), officially the Municipality of Angono (Tagalog: Bayan ng Angono), is a 1st class urban municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines.According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 130,494 people.
A person from Cairo, reputed to possess the evil eye. The evil eye is a supernatural belief in a curse brought about by a malevolent glare, usually inspired by envy. [1] The belief in the evil eye among humans has existed for thousands of years, and amulets to protect against it have been found dating to around 5,000 years ago. [1]