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2007-08-20 08:09:05 · 20 answers · asked by ARC--loves science 2 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
They Egyptians mummified anything they could get their hands on!
There were a lot of cats, but also hippos (!?!), the ibis, crocodiles, baboonns, etc - basically any sacred animal, and by the end just about everything was sacred.
Check out Tuna el Gebel, which was the necropolis town for Hermopolis. There are literally hundreds of thousands of mummies buried in the catacombs, which even to this day have not been fully mapped due to their size.
2007-08-20 09:26:50 · answer #1 · answered by Dogstarrr 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Egyptians have experimented mummifying many animals but none more then cats, cats were worshipped in some parts of the country and so they were reveared with god like praise and given the same death respects as men in many cases. You can probably google this for yourself.
2007-08-20 15:13:05 · answer #2 · answered by silencetheevil8 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Egyptians usually mummified their Kings and Queens or Pharaohs, but they also mummified their cats, since they believed cats to be sort of like gods and wanted them in the afterlife.
2007-08-20 15:24:22 · answer #3 · answered by Silvio G 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cats
2007-08-20 15:12:33 · answer #4 · answered by Signilda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of cats. The Egyptians are very proud of their past and Cairo University can certainly link you to the right people.
2007-08-20 17:14:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - they mummified a lot of cats. Do a search on "mummified egyptian animals" to see this.
2007-08-20 15:11:41 · answer #6 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I also think it was cats. I would check out national geographic, do a search on mummified cats. Or just google it!
2007-08-20 15:12:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They also made mummies of the kings pet, which is usually a dog or a cat.
2007-08-20 15:11:54 · answer #8 · answered by Colt's all da way 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They mummified cats. They thought cats were the guardians of the underworld.
2007-08-20 19:31:46 · answer #9 · answered by samikay2683 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They mummified cats. Find your own source of documentation (and no, the internets doesn't count).
2007-08-20 15:11:56 · answer #10 · answered by Underground Man 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋