Archaeologists Discover Two Lion Cub Mummies Inside a Special Tomb for Cat Burials in Egypt Two mummified lion cubs, about ...

linked to the goddess Bastet. Cats were honored with lavish adornments, depicted in art, and even mummified, reflecting their cherished status in Egyptian culture and the afterlife. In ancient ...

Among the dozens of cat mummies unearthed were 100 wooden, gilded statues of cats and one in bronze dedicated to the cat goddess Bastet. Ancient Egyptians were often buried with mummified animals ...

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 ...

Bastet-born individuals are often skilled at maintaining harmony in their lives ... Unlike the Gregorian calendar we use ...

Nevertheless, many associated cats with gods with whom they shared certain traits, such as Bastet, the ancient Egyptian goddess with the head of a cat, who was the protector of home, fertility ...

devoted to the cat goddess Bastet, showing the reverence for felines in ancient Egypt. "Much of the show has to do with cats," said Chu Xiaobo, the Shanghai Museum’s director, according to The ...

1. Killing a cat in Ancient Egypt was not a good idea. In Bubastis, a city dedicated to the cat headed Egyptian goddess Bastet, a Roman was hanged for this very crime. He was part of a delegation ...