Around 1,200 years ago, someone left a freshly crafted clay jug to dry in the sun before firing it in the kiln. Little did ...

This illustration of the clay fragment shows paw, claw and arm imprints. Shimon Gibson / Mount Zion Expedition Mount Zion, pictured here from the west, lies just outside Jerusalem's Old City walls.

A Cat Left Its Claw Print on This Pottery Shard 1,200 Years Ago The newfound relic offers the earliest proof that cats have kneaded across eras. Left: Horatio Henri Couldery, Forget-Me-Not .

Cats retract their claws when they walk so there are typically no claw marks. Cat paws are seen in the snow on a driveway on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021 in Albany, N.Y. (Photo by Lori Van Buren/Albany ...

The cat's ancient paw print measures 1.2 inches across. Shimon Gibson / Mount Zion Expedition. More than a millennia ago, a cat came upon a fresh piece of pottery in Jerusalem.