How Did Ancient Egyptians Use Stuffed Animals

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If you own a stuffed animal have you ever wondered about the history behind the interesting fuzzy felo? It all started with the ancient egyptians. The ancient egyptians were the one who invented the stuffed animal. Even though the ancient egyptians invented the stuffed animals they did not use them as toys. However they used them during religious ceremonies due to the many animal gods they worship.
After the ancient egyptians invented the stuffed animals and used them, they kind of faded out. Over the centuries people were making mostly clothed dolls and maybe a stuffed animal occasionally. The word centuries means a period of one hundred years.

In the 1880's the stuffed animal was reintroduced.

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