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In ancient Egypt, they regarded cats very highly. When a cat died, the owner would shave their eyebrows as a sign of mourning. If two people were engaged in battle and one held up a cat, the other would not harm the person for fear they might hurt the cat. When a cat died, they sometimes made them into mummies.
Facts courtesy of "The Cat Mummy" by Jacqueline Wilson!
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoSheep were certainly considered symbols of certain gods, but they were not themselves considered sacred.
Two breeds of sheep were found in ancient Egypt:
- ovis longipes palaeoaegyptiaca
- ovis platyura aegyptiaca
The first was the indigenous prehistoric breed of the area, with long spiral horns spread horizontally. This sheep became associated with the god Khnum and a few other gods with ram's heads.
The second type of sheep was introduced during the Middle Kingdom; it had spiral horns close to the head and was seen as a symbol of Amun who became the chief god of the New Kingdom. Priests of Amun were not permitted to eat mutton or wear wool because of this association.
Animals in ancient Egypt were often seen as symbols of particular gods, but this did not make the animals themselves sacred - this is a modern mistake which has often been repeated in websites and other published material. If sheep had been sacred they would not have have been bred in large numbers for meat, milk and wool.
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∙ 15y agoAnswer: Cats. They were mummified and placed in their owner's tombs.
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∙ 15y agoim pretty sure it was cats not positive though
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∙ 10y agoThere are many sacred animals, but I find that cats, lions, beetles and crocodiles are most common.
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∙ 14y agoa cat
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∙ 12y agothe cat.
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∙ 12y agoCats
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