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The significance of cats in Ancient Egyptian

  • 3000 BCE

    Cemeteries for cats

    Cemeteries for cats
    Around the 7th to 4th centuries BCE large cemeteries for cats became common
  • 1997 BCE

    Associated with RA the sun god

    Associated with RA the sun god
    around 2000 BCE. cats started to be associated with the sun god RA because they liked to nap in the sun
  • 1000

    Divine characteristics

    Divine characteristics
    1000 BCE. The Egyptians began to see cats as divine characters
  • Big cults

    Big cults
    in the 5th centuries BCE. a big cult for Bastet grew in Bubastis attracting many followers people left cat statues as offerings and wore cat amulets for protection