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Shanghai Museum's 'Meowseum Nights' lets visitors bring their cats to the Bastet temple exhibit
The exhibition includes artifacts from the Bastet temple ... according to The Art Newspaper. "It was a good overlap of Egyptian and Chinese society." Pets were required to come with vaccination ...
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What made cats a symbolic part of Egyptian culture?
linked to the goddess Bastet. Cats were honored with lavish adornments, depicted in art, and even mummified, reflecting their cherished status in Egyptian culture and the afterlife. In ancient ...
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Eight cat facts to give you paws for thought
In Bubastis, a city dedicated to the cat headed Egyptian goddess Bastet, a Roman was hanged for ... Cats appeared in Egyptian art as early as 1980 BC. Everyday scenes in tomb paintings show ...