All about Egypt

By Ola P

why are egiptian scared of cats?

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Cats were especially revered by Egyptians and were seen as protectors and were also directly protected by the goddess Bastet. Bastet was the daughter of Ra. Ra was the fierce flame of the sun who burned the deceased should they fail one of the many tests in the underworld

The Mummy was afraid of the cat because of the Egyptian belief that cats are the guardian of the dead. Having been risen from the dead, Imhotep probably thought that the cat could possibly send him back, hence being afraid of them.

egyption mummys

A mummy is the body of a person (or an animal) that has been preserved after death. They were anyEgyptian who could afford to pay for the expensive process of preserving their bodies for the afterlife. TheEgyptians believed in life after death.

They are the oldest examples of artificially mummified human remains, having been buried up to two thousand years before the Egyptian mummies. While the earliest mummy that has been found in Egypt dated around 3000 BC, the oldest anthropogenically modified Chinchorro mummy dates from around 5050 BC

cats in egypt

The Ancient Egyptians held cats in the highest esteem, the penalties for injuring or killing a cat were severe. They worshipped a Cat Goddess, often represented as half feline, half woman, whom they called Bastet. The main center for the worship of Bastet was in northern Egypt at the city of Bubastis. The festival honoring Bastet was described as one of the largest and most enthusiastically celebrated in all of Egypt by the visiting Greek historian Herodotus. Large catteries were maintained by the Temple priests and a vast cemetery of mummified cats has been excavated outside of Bubastis. Thousands of small cat sculptures, probably left with offerings to the Temple by devotees, have also been recovered at Bubastis.

when did egypt have pharaohs

The first dynasty began with the legendary King Menes (who is believed to have been King Narmer), and the last one ended in 343 B.C. when Egypt fell to the Persians. Nectanebo II was the last Egyptian-born pharaoh to rule the country. Not all the pharaohs were men, nor were they all Egyptian.

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