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In ancient Egypt, cats were seen as the guardians of the dead. Also, a few religions were founded on worshiping cat gods.

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In ancient Egypt, cats were seen as the guardians of the dead. Also, a few religions were founded on worshiping cat gods.


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Cats were not sacred to the ancient Romans, as they did not worship animals. You are confusing the Romans with the ancient Egyptians, who revered the cat.


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The Ancient Egyptians were the first to keep and use cats to control vermin and other pests to protect stores of food. In Ancient Egypt, the cat was revered as a hunter and worshiped as gods and goddesses. The ancient Egyptians imposed the death penalty for killing cats and cats were also mummified before being buried.


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No one:Cats are animals, along with humans. However, it was the Egyptians who first started training, and breeding house cats. India wanted pets such as tigers later on.god decoverd cats


Did someone ever worship cats?

The Ancient Egyptians did worship cats because the rodents were eating all of the Egyptians' grains and they found that the cats were catching all of the rodents for them. They later domesticated them then the next step was worship. The Ancient Egyptians worshiped cats such as Mafdet (the first Egyptian feline deity), Bast[et], Sekhmet, and the Sphinx (which was more of a demigod or a mythological creature). Eventually, the spread of Christianity came into Egypt, and the Egyptians stopped worshiping cats.


What Animal Did Egyptians Value And Worship?

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Were the Romans first to have cats as pets?

No, the ancient Egyptians are believed to have been the first civilization to domesticate and keep cats as pets. Cats were highly regarded in ancient Egypt for their hunting abilities and were also associated with various deities. The Romans also kept cats as pets, often valuing them for their ability to control pests like mice.


Which ancient civilization thought of cats as sacred animals?

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Did ancient egyptians raise animals?

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