Cat coffins and representations of the cat-headed goddess Bastet are among the extraordinary objects that reveal felines’ critical role in ancient Egyptian religious, social, and political life.

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 to negotiate a treaty of friendship with the Pharaoh ...

many of them sporting anthropomorphized animal features like the aforementioned cat-headed goddess Bastet. There are dozens of ancient Egyptian deities to choose from, but we picked the ones that ...

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

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 ...