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We Love Black Cats

During the middle-ages in Europethe black cat’s popularity crashed big time because they were associated with witches, black magic and bad luck.

The hysteria of witches and black magic had Europe in a frenzy and any old lady feeding stray cats were often accused of witchcraft.

Their cat companions, some of which were black ones were guilty of black magic simply by association.

People really believed that witches transformed themselves into black cats in order to move about unnoticed.

Even today the association between black cats, witches and Halloween have become a symbol of evil, Satanism and all things bad.

Well, we love our black cats, here they are, The Pagan Kitchen Black Cats:

Black Cats in Egypt

Black cats were originally considered to be good luck by the Egyptians. 

In fact, they were revered.

There once was a time (besides currently in the Pagan Kitchen), black cats were actually considered divine creatures. ... Egyptians had so much love and respect for their feline family members that they were even embalmed and mummified when they passed on to kitty heaven.

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Stonehenge has an older “sister”

Researchers in the UK discovered that Stonehenge has an older “sister” in Dorchester.

First discovered in the 1980s, Flagstones is a circular monument resembling a running track that might have even inspired Stonehenge.

Archaeologists from the University of Exeter and Historic England didn’t expect the mysterious enclosure to predate the legendary monolith. 

However, as stated in a study in Antiquity, the results of analyses placed the Stone Age site two hundred years earlier than they had expected.

Older than Stonehenge and just as mysterious

Road construction on the Dorchester bypass in the 1980s revealed a 328.08-foot diameter circular ditch of intersecting pits beneath the ground, according to the University of Exeter News.

Researchers carbon-dated fragments of red deer antler (pictured) and human remains at the site to reveal its true date. 

This shows that the Flagstones monument predates Stonehenge by several centuries 

Though most of the monument remains covered underneath a new bypass and even Thomas Hardy’s former home, historical artifacts and excavation archives were sent to Dorset Museum for safekeeping and preservation.

Four people were buried in the enclosure pits: a cremated adult and three un-cremated children. Additionally, three partial cremations of adults were also found.

Archaeologists observed a striking similarity between Flagstones and Stonehenge. They believed the two were built around the same time because the original plan for the world’s most intriguing monument matched the design of Flagstones.