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Egyptian Cats The carvings on ancient pyramids show the head of cat on the body of a beautiful woman. The cats were worshiped as a deity in the ancient times so much that unintentional killing of a cat would have brought death sentence for the killer.

The Egyptian history shows that in a hunting trip it was a cat that accompanied his master to hunt and retrieve the game for his master.

During a recent excavation of an old ruin by the archaeologists they came across evidences showing Egyptian women’s’ jewelry s in shapes of cats. From earnings, bracelets to anklets and anything else you name has the design of a cat on it. The old paintings in pyramids showed that cats had been protectors of women and children. The picture shows of a female cat by the name of Mafdet killing a huge serpent with her bear claws.

In Baslet Temple the evidence showed that the cats were enjoying a luxurious life until their death. Later these creatures would be mummified. The fact that mummification was very expensive and only no boles and Kings could afford it shows how important the cats were for the ancient Egyptians.

When it that the cats became tamed by Egyptians was is not clear. My be the wild cats hunted the poisonous snakes and got rid of mice and other pastes for Egyptians and got reworded for their assistance by receiving foods from the households and keep coming back for their daily share until one day they came and never left. The cats played an important role in the old Egyptians daily lives.

The cats had inherited their hunting skills from their wild ancestors such as Lions, Cheetahs, and Lynxes. The hunting capabilities with the mixture of charm, beauty and intelligence made these cats only a household necessity; it also put their position with Gods.

The legend has it that the City by the Bast in Northern Egypt around the 3200 B.C. was famous for its feline God Bastet. She was associated with Goddess of Music, Pleasure, and Fertility. There was a celebrate cat festival in the honor of feline goddess. Every year on October 31 thousands of Egyptians from all over old Egypt would made a religious trip to Bastet to show their respect to her holiness. The festivities were a guy one with lots of prayers, singing, dancing, and drinking good wines. Around 350 B.C. the famous city was leveled into ruins by invading Persian forces.

The modern Bastet cats as well as other breeds may not be treating like their Egyptian predecessors but the way people are spending portion of their wealth for their pets’ health, food, and entertainments the modern cats do not live any less than old Egyptians Goddess.