Thanks.
Anyway - did the ancient Egytians treat cats as gods?
chas
> Thanks.
>
> Anyway - did the ancient Egytians treat cats as gods?
>
> chas
Yes they did. They domesticated them and then eventually saw them as
protectors, communicators with the gods, and eventually I think gods
themselves. In ancient Egypt, if you killed a cat (even by accident)
your sentence was death.

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death of the cat killer along with his or her family
>> Thanks.
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> themselves. In ancient Egypt, if you killed a cat (even by accident)
> your sentence was death.