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They were known in ancient Egypt as Mau (Or some variation of this) meaning he or she who mews.
Of course these days the people of Egypt speak Arabic, and the Arabic word for cat is something like qitta.
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What was a cat called in ancient Egypt?
I am not kidding you. the Ancient Egyptian word for cat was meow
Is there a cat called ka i Egypt?
the cats name is Asia
What is the statue of a cat in Egypt called?
It's called the Sphinx. Answer: The goddess Bast - or as she is sometimes called Bastet - is the protectress of the two lands - the Red Land and the Black Land or Kemet. Her statue is the cat.
How many cat mummies are there in Egypt?
there are more then 10 million cat mummys in Egypt
What would happend if you hurt a cat in Egypt?
It depended where in Egypt you were, and perhaps when in ancient Egypt, as not all Egyptians worshiped Bast, the cat goddess.
What animal in ancient Egypt called for the death of anyone who killed this animal?
It was the cat. The ancient egyptians worshpted cats as gods. They had a god names Bast that was in the form of a cat.
Which animal in Egypt was the most important?
the cat
What is the giant cat built in Egypt?
Sphinx
What breed of demestic cat is closest to the cats of ancient Egypt?
The cat that is most closely related to the cats of ancient Egypt is the North African wild-cat. The domestic cat closest to the ancient Egyptian cats is the Egyptian Mao. :D
What is the mose valuble cat in Egypt?
Back in Ancient Egypt, all cat's were very valuable, so I think they are all equal, still....=PaTcHeDsTaR (from Quizilla)
What do you call the cat with a humans head in Egypt?
Sphinx
What is the most common animal in Egypt?
a cat is my guess
