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Paperback The Cat in Ancient Egypt Book

ISBN: 0812216326

ISBN13: 9780812216325

The Cat in Ancient Egypt

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Cat fanciers who consider their pets majestic have history on their side: felines were domesticated in ancient Egypt around 2000 B.C. while their European cousins still ran wild. Over the centuries they gained an exalted position in royal society--revered as an incarnation of a goddess, modeled in bronze statuettes, and even mummified and buried with their owners. Yet cats also won commoners' respect for their humble origins and protective instincts,...

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