"About five or six cats got loose every night during 'Meowseum Nights', but none made it far before they were caught." ...

And don't forget Bastet: goddess of ... figures also adorned Egyptian art in the form of statues and paintings, emphasizing cats' importance in everyday life. Killing a cat, even accidentally ...

Cats are reverently depicted throughout thousands of years of ancient Egyptian art, not just as helpful ... like the aforementioned cat-headed goddess Bastet. There are dozens of ancient Egyptian ...

In Bubastis, a city dedicated to the cat headed Egyptian goddess Bastet, a Roman was hanged for ... Cats appeared in Egyptian art as early as 1980 BC. Everyday scenes in tomb paintings show ...

This Egyptian ... Cat's were an important animal to the ancient Egyptians and were often mummified after death in the same way that humans were. Cats were also given in offering to the cat goddess ...