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CATS...there is something about
their confident personality that we admire. In fact, the
ancient Egyptians were so fascinated by this detached quality
of the cat that they considered them to be nothing less than
godlike. To the Egyptians all cats were divine, and extreme
behavior was often acted out to reinforce this conviction. For
instance, if a someone happened to come across a dead cat in
the street, he or she would put on a loud display of sorrow
and mourning just to make sure no one thought that they were
responsible for killing the cat. You see, according to
Egyptian law, being found guilty of cat murder was punishable
by death.
Whenever a household cat
died of natural causes, the entire family would go through a
period of grief, shaving their eyebrows as a mark of their
sadness. Deceased cats were very often mummified and entombed
with fine jewelry and treasures; a custom usually reserved for
only the most powerful and wealthy of the ruling class.
(excerpt from "The
History of the Domestic Cat")
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