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  • 2020-10-12 (xsd:date)
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  • This photo actually shows a carving created in 1999 (en)
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  • A photo has been shared thousands of times on multiple posts on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr which claim it shows an Ancient Egyptian carving of a human playing with a cat. The claim is false; the image shows an artwork created by an Australian sculptor in 1999. The photo was published here on Twitter on January 30, 2020. It has been shared more than 900 times. A screenshot, taken on October 5, 2020, of the misleading post. The post’s caption reads: We’ve been playing with cats for a very long time indeed. Fragment from ancient Egypt. The image was also published here , here and here on Facebook, and here , here , here , here and here on Twitter, and here on Tumblr alongside a similar claim. The claim, however, is false. A keyword search on Google found a very similar photo published here on an online shop named Down Under Pharaoh. Below is a screenshot comparison of the misleading post (L) and the photo on the online shop (R): A screenshot comparison of the misleading post and the photo from the online shop. The product description reads: A painted relief sculpture and a replica Bast statue that I designed for my cat when she was alive. The relief is a piece that is a more personal art work created in an Egyptian style to commemorate my last and most special cat. An Instagram account associated with the online shop also shared images here and here on Instagram on August 17, 2017 of the same carving. A spokesperson for Down Under Pharaoh also addressed the claim in the misleading posts here on Instagram. The post states the sculptor crafted this piece of artwork more than 20 years ago. A screenshot, taken on October 5, 2020, of the Down under Pharaoh’s Instagram post in May. In response to the misleading post, the Down under Pharaoh told AFP in an email dated October 5, 2020: The art was made out of love and sorrow and when people refer to it as a fake or real, well that is a subjective viewpoint. Fake is an aggressive and insulting word for this piece which is actually my most loved work. The misleading post was also debunked by online myth-busting site HoaxEye here on April 17, 2020. (en)
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