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The snake, bird and cat, from Swansea University's collection, are at least 2,000 years old.
As 3,000 years of art and sculpture reveal, the divine menagerie of ancient Egypt reflects the rich and varied creatures of the Nile Valley.
Feline qualities were apparently next to godliness.
The Greek historian Herodotus provides an accurate description of the devotion of the ancient Egyptians to cats in Book II of his Histories, but this passage is often cited out of context. Chapters...
There was no single, unified system of religious belief in Ancient Egypt. There was a wide and unsystematic collection of beliefs and practices, which varied by location, social class, and over the 3000 years generally referred to collectively as 'Ancient Egypt'.
Their roles and representations, by Robert Partridge