To Linda Doran, Last time we had a discussion about ferrets in Egypt, I was accused of being terribly boring ! I can't imagine why my multi-paragraph note about my former life as an Egyptologist, complete with references to German textbooks and British compendiums, would be boring. <G> So here is the SHORT answer as best as I can: the ancient Egyptians had no qualms about displaying ANYTHING. Bodily parts, bodily functions, unusual (to us) sexual activity - nothing was too private to depict. I think they were remarkably down to earth and honest about all aspects of their world. So I believe that if there were ferrets in their world, they would have shown them. After all, they worshipped cats. I think they would have LOVED ferrets if they had them, and they might have worshipped them, too. That's my humble opinion. All in one paragraph. Kat [Posted in FML issue 1679]