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Although hummus is typically made with white chickpeas, which are mild in flavor, soft in texture, and readily available, it can also be made with other chickpea varieties, like “ceci neri” from southern Italy. They not only give the spread a darker color but also a more pronounced, nutty flavor. 

gelatin silver print, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Archive at Tadema Gallery. The cat is a pendant with a silver frame and a fill of plique a’ jour enamel in blue gray. The frame opens to reveal a pleated velvet interior with two separate sections.

From the Tomb of Nespakashuty (TT 312), Deir el-Bahari; MET Museum

Vocals & music by Farya Faraji. The text being sung is the Akkadian language complaint to Ea Nasir, or at least a part of it, now a massively popular entity that attained meme status on the Internet. Despite the admittedly comedic choice of text and video, the point of this video is to try and bring a little more awareness in the public sphere as to the known elements of Ancient Mesopotamian music.

George, a white cat that walks atop one of the pylon supports of the Sydney Harbour Bridge welcomes tourists to the Australian city in January 1957; photo by Dennis Rowe

The original photo caption from March 23, 1959: "Hep cat. A real live kitten on the keys, this music-loving feline lends vocal accompaniment to his mistress in Worcester Park, England. As Marion Holland 15, plays the piano, Money the cat joins in the singing."

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Fernando Faciole joined fellow Explorer Paola Nogales Ascarrunz in the cloud forest of Bolivia to take photos of Leopardus tilcayo. This 'Tilcayo' cat has resided at Senda Verde Animal Refuge since 2017 after being surrendered by a local family who found him and thought he was a kitten.

credit: Boogs Rosales

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