Old Temple Dedicated to Egyptian Cat Goddess Bastet Discovered by Archeologists Near a Train Station The Supreme Council of ...

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Killing a cat, even accidentally, resulted in death, showing just how much they were valued. In Egyptian mythology, gods and goddesses could transform into animals, but only one, Bastet ...

If you think your moggy at home demands attention, they’ve got nothing on Bastet, the Egyptian cat goddess. The extremely popular deity was originally depicted as a wild cat, but later on when ...

In many ways, the stray cats of Cairo mirror Egypt’s rapidly growing human population, resilient, adaptable, and constantly ...

This Egyptian mummified cat's head is part of ... Cats were also given in offering to the cat goddess, Bast. Bast was the deity of protection, fertility and motherhood. The presence of this ...

The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is home to cat mummies as part of our anthropology collections. Cat coffins and representations of the cat-headed goddess Bastet are among the ...