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Explore the ancient forgotten city of the cat, high up in the Nile delta, Bubastis. A city that was written about by many ancient historians as a feminine stronghold and even mentioned in the ...
Dive into the majestic world of ancient Egypt, where cats weren't just pets but revered guardians adored by pharaohs and commoners alike. Our journey unveils the sacred bond between these...
Explore the captivating world of ancient Egypt and discover why cats were revered as cultural icons! 🐱 Uncover their significance in society, mythology, an...
The cat dates from the Late Period of ancient Egypt around 600 BC. It's named after Major Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson, who donated the statue to the British Museum in 1939. Gayer-Anderson was a keen collector of small Egyptian sculptures, jewellery and pottery.
7 Μαΐ 2019 · How Egypt’s ancient city of divine cats was rediscovered. Clues from ancient texts guided European archaeologists in their long search for Bubastis, sacred to the Egyptian cat goddess Bastet.
In 1830, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg accounted of having observed three different small cat forms in Egypt: the jungle cat, the African wildcat, and a sacred cat that was intermediate in size between the jungle cat and the domestic cat.
Egyptians believed cats were magical creatures, capable of bringing good luck to the people who housed them. To honor these treasured pets, wealthy families dressed them in jewels and fed them...
