Egyptian gods and goddesses were an essential part of ancient ... divine knowledge and power should not be sought by humans!" Bastet, often depicted as a lioness or a domestic cat, was the goddess ...

Archaeologists Discover Two Lion Cub Mummies Inside a Special Tomb for Cat Burials in Egypt Two mummified lion cubs, about ...

In Egyptian mythology, gods and goddesses could transform into animals, but only one, Bastet, goddess of home and fertility, was believed to be able to take on the form of a cat. A magnificent ...

Egyptian gods and goddesses were an essential part of ancient life ... The moral of the story is that divine knowledge and power should not be sought by humans!" Bastet, often depicted as a lioness or ...

The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is home to cat mummies as part of our anthropology collections. Cat coffins and representations of the cat-headed goddess Bastet are among the ...

In Bubastis, a city dedicated to the cat headed Egyptian goddess Bastet, a Roman was hanged for this very crime. He was part of a delegation to negotiate a treaty of friendship with the Pharaoh ...

devoted to the cat goddess Bastet, showing the reverence for felines in ancient Egypt. "Much of the show has to do with cats," said Chu Xiaobo, the Shanghai Museum’s director, according to The ...