An Ancient Egyptian Cat Mummy, cataloged as SW-003, was recovered from Siwa in the summer of 1937.[1]
Thought to be of little historical significance, the piece was put up on display at Woolley Hall on the campus of Marshall College until it was stolen during a stormy October night at the university when Locus broke in and stole the artifact. Indiana Jones, who had been awoken at his desk due to the disturbance, tried to protect the museum but he was overpowered by the much larger man. The mummified cat was so innocuous that the archaeologist and Marcus Brody had to place the other relics back in their displays to figure out exactly which item was missing.[1]
Afterwards, Jones set off around the world to retrieve the Cat Mummy but ended up pulled into the grander mystery of the Great Circle when rival Emmerich Voss destroyed the relic to reveal a valuable stone was hidden inside.[1]