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In ancient Egypt, cats were represented in social and religious scenes dating as early as 1980 BC. [ 2 ] Several ancient Egyptian deities were depicted and sculptured with cat-like heads such as Mafdet, Bastet and Sekhmet, representing justice, fertility, and power, respectively. [ 3 ] The deity Mut was also depicted as a cat and in the company ...
Bastet ( Ancient Egyptian: bꜣstt ), also known as Ubasti, [ a] or Bubastis, [ b] is a goddess of ancient Egyptian religion possibly of Nubian origin, worshipped as early as the Second Dynasty (2890 BC). In ancient Greek religion, she was known as Ailuros ( Koinē Greek: αἴλουρος, lit. 'cat'). Bastet was worshipped in Bubastis in ...
Cats, known in ancient Egypt as the mau, played a large role in ancient Egyptian society.They were associated with the goddesses Isis and Bastet. [4] Cats were sacred animals and the goddess Bastet was often depicted in cat form, sometimes taking on the war-like aspect of a lioness.
Bubastis was a center of worship for the feline goddess Bastet, sometimes called Bubastis after the city, who the Greeks identified with Artemis. The cat was the sacred and peculiar animal of Bast, who is represented with the head of a cat or a lioness and frequently accompanies the deity Ptah in monumental inscriptions.
The domestic cat originated from Near-Eastern and Egyptian populations of the African wildcat, Felis sylvestris lybica. The family Felidae, to which all living feline species belong, is theorized to have arisen about ten to eleven million years ago and is divided into eight major phylogenetic lineages. The Felis lineage in particular is the ...
First Cat With a Name. The very first cat with a name was believed to have lived in Egypt around 1479-1425 BC during the reign of Thutmose III. Their name was Nedjem which means 'sweet.' If they ...
Nedjem or Nojem (Egyptian: nḏm "Sweet One" or "Sweetie"), 15th century BC. The cat of Puimre, second priest of Amun during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut.Depicted on a damaged relief from Puimre's tomb, Nedjem is the earliest known cat to bear an individual name.
Saqqara, Egypt. Present location. British Museum, London. Registration. EA 64391. 3D model. The Gayer-Anderson cat is an ancient Egyptian statue of a cat, which dates from the Late Period (around 664–332 BC). It is made of bronze, with gold ornaments.