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24 Νοε 2023 · Ancient Egyptians domesticated African wildcats, believing they descended from them, for their adept hunting skills and graceful demeanor, thus giving rise to the Mau breed with deeply rooted origins in Egyptian history, tracing back to the earliest dynasties of this civilization.
7 Δεκ 2021 · Although according to another theory cats in ancient Egypt were an offshoot of the native African wildcat Felis silvestris lybica, “domesticated” by local farmers. Ancient Egyptian life depended on the flooding of the Nile, which provided the arable land necessary for the growth of civilization.
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. He called this cat Felis bubastis. [33]
16 Οκτ 2021 · The ancient Egyptians' special love for cats is well known. In fact, cat lovers today have them to thank for introducing African wildcat DNA into domestication; this would eventually become the beloved tabby. But why did were Egyptians so enamored by these early felines?
In ancient Egypt, the mummification of cats played a significant role in their religious and cultural practices. Cats were mummified primarily as votive offerings for the gods associated with cats, such as Bastet, the goddess of home, fertility, and childbirth.
17 Αυγ 2021 · Whether or not they were worshiped as deities, cats were an integral part of ancient Egyptian life. And, based on mummified cats discovered in tombs alongside humans, they carried an...
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.
